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BETTER FRUIT
Volume IX APRIL, 1915 Number 10
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THIS EDITIOJN contains interesting personal sketches of each member
of the Executive Committee and Board of Control, with illustrations of
each and other interesting information about the fruit growers, plan for con-
trolling the marketing agencies operating in the four Northwestern States —
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana — with the usual number of timely
articles on spraying, advertising, intercropping and other subjects for bet-
tering the condition of the fruit grower.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FRUIT GROWERS' COUNCIL FOR CONTROLLING THE MARKETING CONCERNS IN THE FOUR
NORTHWESTERN STATES, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND MONTANA.
W. H. Paulhamus, Puyallup, Washington, President and Manager, the big man who has tackled a big job, and his assistants: On the left C T
Haskell, fruit grower and secretary High Line Irrigation Company, Wenatchee, Washington. On the right, Truman Butler, banker, Hood River!
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AND PRODUCE
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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COMMISSION
MERCHANTS
Wholesale Fruits
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PORTLAND, OREGON
Things We Are Agents For
Knox Hats
Alfred Benjamin & Co.'s Clothing
Dr. Jaeger Underwear
Dr. Deimel Linen Mesh Underwear
Dent's and Fownes' Gloves
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Growers and Shippers of
YAKIMA VALLEY FRUITS
AND PRODUCE
Specialties: Apples, Peaches,
Pears and Cantaloupes
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Importers and Tailors
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Supply House
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BETTER FRUIT
April
IZZ KIMBALL
CULTIVATOR
to keep your Orchard
in Perfect Condition
THE first thing in the spring, as soon as the
ground is dry enough, it should be well
plowed or disced both ways, or diagonally
if the trees are planted in that manner.
The rest of the season nothing is needed
but the KIMBALL, which should be run over
the ground at least twice each month during
the summer, or as soon as the ground is dry
enough after a hard rain, or after irrigation.
This will break up the crust and stop evap-
oration, for when the soil bakes and opens in
cracks is the time of the greatest evaporation.
More cultivation and less irrigation will
produce better fruit, and it will keep longer
than where too much water is used.
It is now for fruit growers to be thinking of how they can keep their orchards in good shape at the least possible
expense.
For this work there is nothing that will equal the Kimball Cultivator.
While we know the fruit market is bad, we also know it will not always be in this condition, and the grower who neglects
to cultivate his1 orchard at this time will lose the years of labor he has already put in on it, for an orchard that is not culti-
vated is soon a total loss.
Therefore get a Kimball and continue the good work.
MANUFACTURED BY
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Dow Arsenate of Lead
is more in demand this season than ever before. Fruit growers
have learned that this material is finer, smoother, more uniform in
test and texture and consequently gives the best results. It is easily
mixed with water, remains well in suspension and sticks where it
is sprayed.
Dow Arsenate of Lead is used not only in the United States, but
in foreign fruit growing countries, and we believe our production
and manufacturing facilities the largest in the country. The State
of Massachusetts has used it for two years past and we have their
contract for 1915. Their requirements are close to One and One-
Half Million pounds per annum.
Insist on the Dow Brand. It is different
The Dow Chemical Company
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AN ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE PUBLISHED MONTHLY IN THE INTEREST OF MODERN, PROGRESSIVE FRUIT GROWING AND MARKETING
Members of Executive Committee and Board of Control
MR. JOHN A. WESTERLUND, Medford,
Oregon, Member of the Board of
Control of Ten, Representing the
Southern Oregon District in the
Fruit Growers' Council of 107.
John A. Westerlund of Medford, Ore-
gon, was born in Henry County, Illi-
nois, June 10, 1805, on the farm of his
father, Peter Westeiiund, one of the
early settlers of Henry County and to-
day one of the leading bankers and
farmers of that vicinity. Mr. Wester-
lund is 49 years of age.
Mr. Westerlund received his early
training on the farm of his father,
where he remained until he was
twenty-two years of age. He attended
high school at Orion, Illinois, and being
desirous of a higher education he en-
tered Bethany College at Lindsborg,
Kansas, where he attended for six
years, graduating in the year 1891 in
the classical and scientific courses with
the degree of A. B., and was a member
of the first class graduated from this
institution. In the same year Mr.
Westerlund moved to Chicago, where
he engaged in the real estate, insurance
and colonization business, identifying
himself with the immigration and colo-
nization business, especially along the
lines of the Union Pacific and Southern
Pacific Railroads. He has been closely
identified with agricultural and horti-
cultural pursuits for the past twenty
years. In 1902 and 1903 he was oper-
ating extensively as special traveling
immigration agent for the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific Railroads, during
which years over four thousand home-
seekers were brought to Oregon, Wash-
ington and Idaho by Mr. Westerlund.
As an appreciation of his splendid work
in bringing settlers to the West, Gover-
nor Chamberlain of Oregon appointed
him State Commissioner of Immigra-
tion.
Ten years ago Mr. Westerlund became
extensively interested in fruit growing
near Medford, Oregon, where he now
resides, and proceeded by co-operation
to develop over one thousand acres in
one single block into one enormous
fruit orchard of apples, pears, peaches,
apricots and other fruits. Success was
met with from the start and Mr. Wester-
lund is today at the head of two of the
leading fruit-growing concerns in the
Rogue River Valley — the Monitor and
Medford Orchard Companies, known
commercially as the Westerlund Or-
chards. These orchards promise to be-
come excellent producers and have
their own packing and shipping ware-
houses on the line of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, where the fruit from
the orchards is brought down, the or-
chards being located from two to
four miles from the growing City of|
Medford. jjj
Mr. Westerlund has twice been hon-||
ored by the people of his county,"
having been elected a member of the
Legislature in 1911 and 1913. Here he
devoted much time and energy and was
successful in securing better horticul-
tural laws for the fruitgrowers of the
State of Oregon.
Mr. Westerlund, while not a frequent
talker, before the convention at Tacoma
was regarded as a successful business
man, having accomplished achieve-
ments that are worthy of credit. His
Features of this Issue
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND THE
BOARD OP CONTROL, FRUIT
GROWERS' COUNCIL OF 107
SPRAYING ECONOMY AND INSECTI-
CIDE EFFICIENCY IMPORTANT
BLACK LEAF "40" SPRAYING TO
CONTROL APPLE APHIS
THE TRUTH WELL TOLD — WILL
HELP SOLVE THE APPLE
MARKET PROBLEM
ORGANIZATION OF CENTRAL
SELLING AGENCY
APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION
ability as a manager is shown by the
large orchard of which he is the man-
ager in Southern Oregon.
As Southern Oregon sent but one
delegate to Tacoma and as Mr. Wester-
lund was the delegate selected, it seems
reasonable to assume that he has a
standing in his own community that is
worth having, and which is further in-
dicated by the fact that he was chosen
representative to the State Legislature,
having received a large vote. It is be-
lieved that Mr. Westerlund will render
services to the fruitgrowers of the
Northwest in his new position which
will be of great value, because he has
had a large experience in dealing with
big propositions.
MR. C. E. CHASE, Brewster, Washing-
ton, Member of the Board of Control
of Ten, Representing Wenatchee Dis-
trict in the Fruit Growers' Council
of 107.
Mr. Chase was born at Amboy, Ne-
braska, March 24, 1886, and is nearly
twenty-nine years of age. He came to
the Yakima Valley in 1892, where he
attended the public schools, including
the North Yakima High School, after-
iward going to Billings, Montana, from
Iwhich high school he graduated in
11905. He took a two years' course in
'civil engineering at the Washington
State College, Pullman, Washington,
from 1906 to 1908. Since that time he
has been variously located in Billings,
Montana, and in the Wenatchee and
Okanogan Valleys, engaged in engi-
neering construction work along canals,
mines, etc.
Mr. Chase has two bearing orchards
in the Okanogan Valley and at the
present time is engineer and superin-
tendent of a company which owns and
irrigates about 1600 acres of orchard
near Brewster, Washington. He is also
secretary and member of the board of
directors of the Brewster District Unit
of the Wenatchee-North Central Wash-
ington Growers' League, and secretary
and member of the board of control of
the Wenatchee-North Central Washing-
ton Growers' League.
Most of Mr. Chase's professional ex-
perience has been connected with or-
chards in which the following account
furnishes quite a complete record:
Construction work, Wenatchee Canal
Co., Wenatchee, Washington; construc-
tion work in mines, Federal Mining
Co., Mullan, Idaho; engineer in charge
for two years of the Wenatchee Canal
Co., East Wenatchee Land Co. and
Icicle Canal Co., Wenatchee Washing-
ton. During the last-mentioned period
of two years he had active charge of
the construction of five tunnels, ranging
from 700 to 3500 feet in length, being 7
and 8 feet wide on the bottom and 7
feet in height; three continuous wood
stave pipe siphons 66 and 72 inches
in diameter and from 500 to 700 feet in
length, across canyons which had for-
merly been crossed by high trestles;
the rebuilding of several flumes, total-
ing over two miles in length, which
were from 6 to 8 feet wide, 5 feet high;
the surveying and platting of lands for
the East Wenatchee Land Co.; the sur-
vey of the Icicle Canal Co.'s canal,
which is over 30 miles in length. This
was partially constructed under Mr.
Chase's supervision and charge, the
canal being mostly flumes and dirt
ditch with three long siphons, one
crossing the Wenatchee River.
In his present capacity as superin-
tendent and engineer for the Okanogan
Power & Irrigation Co., Mr. Chase has
had the laying out and supervision of
construction of several large pumping
plants for different orchard companies
near Brewster and Bridgeport, Wash-
ington.
Mr. Chase is a member of the Pacific
Northwest Society of Engineers.
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April
THE BOARD OF CONTRAL
Top row, left to right: E. C. S. Brainerd, Payette, Idaho; A. D. Moe, Hood River, Oregon; A. W. Simmons, Freewaler, Oregon; W. M. Sackett,
Hamilton, Montana; J. A. Westerlund, Medford, Oregon; Harry Jones, Wapato, Washington. Front row, extreme left: John F. Davis, Spokane,
Washington. Extreme right: E. C. Chase, Brewster, Washington. Front row (Executive Committee), second from left: C. T. Haskell, Wenatchee,
Washington; W. H. Paulhamus, President and Manager, Puyallup, Washington; Truman Butler, Hood River, Oregon.
Mr. Chase, while still a young man,
has made a record for himself that any
man can justly feel proud of. Those
who met him at the Tacoma convention
felt very much impressed with his sin-
cerity and ability and feel, without ex-
ception, that he will render valuable
services in his position on the board of
control.
While not so well acquainted with
the fruitgrowers at large as the other
members of the board, he has an inti-
mate acquaintance with the fruitgrow-
ers of his own district, who showed
their confidence in his ability and
judgment by placing him as the repre-
sentative of the Wenatchee district on
the Board of Control of Ten.
* * #
MR. A. W. SIMMONS, Freewater, Ore-
gon, Member of the Board of Control
of Ten, Representing Walla Walla
District in the Fruit Growers' Coun-
cil of 107.
Mr. A. W. Simmons was born in Cass
County, Nebraska, February 1, 1856,
and is now 59 years of age. He at-
tended the public schools in Nebraska
and afterward the State University of
Nebraska.
During his early life he was a school
teacher, afterward going into the mer-
cantile business, and still later on en-
gaging for twenty years in the drug
business in Dorchester, Nebraska. In
the latter place he was for eighteen
years a member of the Board of Educa-
tion, and for a number of years was
mayor of that city.
In 1906 Mr. Simmons retired from the
drug business and moved to Walla
Walla, where he located on a well-
improved tract of ten acres set to fruit,
which is situated on the interurban car
line between Walla Walla, Washington,
and Milton, Oregon. In 1910 he re-
ceived first prize for the best ten boxes
of Arkansas Black at the National Apple
Show at Spokane, and at this show he
also had twenty-seven boxes of apples
on exhibit in the Walla Walla Valley
district display which also won first
prize.
For two years Mr. Simmons was vice-
president of the Milton Fruit Growers'
Association and is now secretary and
treasurer of the State Line Irrigation
Co. For three years he was chairman
of the Fruitvale School Board.
Mr. Simmons, while not a frequent
speaker on the floor, is generally re-
garded by the fruitgrowers who know
him as a man of good ability; a man
who will do more thinking than talk-
ing; a man who at all times will enter-
tain good, sound, sensible ideas for the
benefit of the industry; a man who will
render efficient service in his new posi-
tion which he has assumed.
MR. E. C. S. BRAINARD, Payette, Idaho,
Member of the Board of Control of
Ten, Representing Idaho District in
the Fruit Growers' Council of 107.
Mr. Brainard was born at Onargie,
Illinois, October 13, 1863, and is now
51 years of age. His boyhood days
were spent in various towns in Iowa,
principally at Cedar Bapids, where he
attended the public schools, taking up
telegraphy under the direction of his
older brother. At the age of eleven, it
is stated, he became a good operator,
being among the first telegraphers who
could read by sound ; most of the work
at that time, particularly in the West
and Middle West, being done by the
old paper machines. At sixteen years
of age he was station agent at Clarks-
ville, Iowa, a town of about 2500 in-
habitants. Since that time he has filled
numerous positions with the railroads
in the Middle West and Northern
States in the station department and
operating department. His last posi-
tion in that line of work was chief
clerk for the Bio Grande Bailroad at
Ogden, Utah, which position he re-
signed in 1902 to engage in dairying
and fruit growing.
In 1904 Mr. Brainard moved to the
Payette Valley and since that time has
been connected with various irrigation
projects, land development and pro-
motion projects, at one time being over-
seer of seven ranches of forty acres
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each, located between Payette and New
Plymouth, Idaho.
At the present time Mr. Brainard is
the owner of and gives his time and
attention to the active management of
200 acres of standard varieties of
apples, mostly Jonathans, Rome Beau-
ties, Winesaps and Arkansas Blacks.
This orchard is situated near Payette,
Idaho.
Mr. Brainard occupies the following
positions: Manager of the Fruitland
Townsite Co. properties and various
ranches; director and member of the
loan committee of the First National
Bank of Payette, Idaho; secretary of
the Payette Valley Commercial Club of
Payette; secretary of the Idaho Land &
Improvement Co. and various other
corporations; for eight years presi-
dent of the Confernce Board of
Home Missions and Church Extension,
Idaho Conference, Methodist Episcopal
Church, and trustee of Gooding College
of Gooding, Idaho, a Methodist educa-
tional institution which is now well
under way and will probably open for
students in September, 1915.
Mr. Brainard is what is called a "self-
made man," having obtained his edcu-
cation in the school of experience and
hard knocks.
Mr. Brainard was one of the active
spirits at the Tacoma convention, hav-
ing addressed that body on many occa-
sions in a clear, forceful way which
impressed the audience with the idea
that he is a good, clear thinker and a
sound reasoner. His success as a busi-
ness man in his different lines of en-
deavor, and the positions he has held
and holds are evidence of the esteem in
which he is held in the communities
where he has lived. Therefore it is
safe to say that he will render valuable
services as a member of the Board of
Control.
MR. W. M. SACKETT, Corvallis, Mon-
tana, Member of the Board of Control
of Ten, Representing the Montana
District in the Growers' Council of
107.
Mr. Sackett was born at Meadville,
Pennsylvania, August 21, 1869, and is
now 45 years of age. After attending
the public schools at Meadville he at-
tended Allegheny College, Meadville,
Pennsylvania, from which college he
graduated in 1888 with the degree of
civil engineer. Mr. Sackett followed
his profession, being employed by the
United States War Department until
1890. After retiring from this service
he entered the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology as a junior and gradu-
ated as an electrical engineer with the
class of 1892. After graduation he took
a position in the construction depart-
ment of the World's Fair at Chicago
during the building of that exposition,
afterward associating himself with the
engineering department of the Chicago
Telephone Company.
In 1909 Mr. Sackett engaged in or-
charding in the Bitter Root Valley, and
since that time has devoted all of his
attention to the orchard industry. He
owns forty acres of orchard and has
taken active part and shows much in-
terest in the co-operation of fruitgrow-
ers. During the last few years Mr.
Sackett has been actively engaged in
constructive work along co-operative
lines for the fruitgrowers, being one of
the trustees of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors as well as one of the or-
ganizers of that association. He has
been largely interested in organizing
the fruitgrowers in the Bitter Root
Valley and at the present time is secre-
tary of the Hamilton Fruit Growers'
Association, a position without salary.
Mr. Sackett has shown wonderful
activity in co-operative work and has
been an earnest supporter of every en-
deavor along this line in the North-
west, having been active in organiza-
tion work in Montana, in the formation
of the Distributors and also in the
splendid work which has been done by
the by-product committee, of which he
is a member. He was one of the active
workers in the Tacoma convention and
commanded the confidence and esteem
of those who were present for his
earnestness and ability.
* * *
MR. JOHN F. DAVIES, Opportunity,
Washington, Member of the Board of
Control of Ten, Representing the
Spokane District in the Fruit Grow-
ers' Council of 107.
Mr. Davies is a fruitgrower and in-
terested in the orchard industry of the
Northwest, therefore considering the
fruitgrowers' problems as his own
problems. By profession he is an attor-
ney at law, having practiced that pro-
fession for some time. His practice
during the last few years has been
somewhat specialized, and by reason of
his business connections he maintains
offices in Butte, Montana, and Spokane,
Washington, at 612 Columbia Building.
In Spokane he is connected with the
Interstate Utilities Company.
Mr. Davies' orchard and home is at
Opportunity, Washington.
Mr. Davies is respresentative of the
Spokane district on the Board of Con-
trol of Ten and chairman of that body.
Mr. Davies was one of the committee
who drew up the Tacoma plan, and it
may be said with sincerity and due
credit that no man impressed the dele-
gates at Tacoma more earnestly than
Mr. Davies. He has a well-trained
mind, is a clear reasoner and arrives at
logical conclusions, presenting his ideas
in clean-cut words so that they can be
thoroughly understood by everyone
who hears them. He is honored with
the chairmanship of the Board of Con-
trol, which is a recognition of his force
and ability.
MR. C. T. HASKELL, Wenatchee, Wash-
ington, Member of the Executive
Committee of Three of the Fruit
Growers' Council of 107.
Mr. C. T. Haskell was born in Rich-
land County, South Carolina, April 25,
1878, and is now 37 years of age.
In his early life, while a boy at the
age of 13, from 1891 to 1899, he was em-
ployed in a bank, occupying different
positions as he was advanced in the
work. During this time he was study-
ing law and in 1899 completed a law
course in the University of South Caro-
lina. From 1899 to 1901 Mr. Haskell
took a special course in law at the
Harvard Law School, and for the
next five years practiced law in South
Carolina.
From 1905 to 1910 Mr. Haskell was
engaged in civil engineering work, also
in irrigation, railway and city work.
In 1910 he came to Wenatchee Valley
and engaged in fruit growing, being at
the present time owner of sixteen acres
of apple orchard near Wenatchee.
Mr. Haskell holds the position of
chairman of the Board of Control of
Wenatchee-North Central Washington
Growers' League and is director and
secretary of the Wenatchee Reclama-
tion District, which is an irrigation
district.
Mr. Haskell was one of the' commit-
tee who drew up the articles of the
Tacoma plan, and in the committee his
views were in the minority, but be it
said to his credit, which is a recogni-
tion of his good judgment, that his
views in general were finally included
in the plan by the vote of the conven-
tion. Mr. Haskell impressed himself
upon all the fruitgrowers present as
being a very able man, a very clear
thinker, a man of good judgment and
very conservative. His, own district
has such confidence in him that they
considered him as one of the coming
young men who will become great in
his community.
* * *
MR. HARRY JONES, Wapato, Washing-
ton, Member of the Board of Control
of Ten, Representing the Yakima Dis-
trict in the Fruit Growers' Council
of 107.
Mr. Harry Jones was born in Jack-
son County, Wisconsin, on January 28,
1852, and is now 63 years of age. His
father was a farmer in Wisconsin, Mr.
Jones helping his father on the farm
during the summer and attending the
country school during the winter.
In the fall of 1872 Mr. Jones came
west, spending three years in the
Mountain and Pacific Coast States, aft-
erward returning to Wisconsin. During
1878 and 1879 he was under-sheriff of
Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. In
January, 1880, he entered the employ
of the McCormick Harvesting Machine
Co., remaining with it for several
years, during which time he was man-
ager of general agencies located at Ft.
Dodge, Iowa, Sioux Falls, South Da-
kota, and Sedalia, Missouri. He re-
signed his position with this firm and
became cashier of the First National
Bank of Ft. Dodge, Iowa, in January,
1891, and the following year moved to
Albert Lea, Minnesota, where he be-
came the president of the First Na-
tional Bank of Albert Lea.
In the fall of 1905 Mr. Jones moved to
North Yakima and in the spring of
1906 located at Wapato, Washington,
where, with Alex E. McCredy and
others, he helped to organize the
Wapato State Bank, of which he be-
Continued on page 39
Page 8
BETTER FRUIT
April
Spraying Economy and Insecticide Efficiency Important
By T. H. Parks, Field Entomologist University of Idaho, Moscow.
BY the average commercial fruit-
grower, insecticides and their ap-
plication are understood to mean
but a necessary unit of expense in his
business, that is taken into considera-
tion in computing the cost of pro-
ducing the finished product. This is
comparable to the operating expense
needed in placing any finished product
on the market by the manufacturer
and which is figured in the selling price
necessary to be secured to offset all
such expenses which go to make up the
cost. Since the fruitgrower is not yet
able to control the market price of his
finished product to cover all cost of
production plus a compensation for his
services and a reasonable profit, he
must look the more toward lowering
his cost of production by applying bet-
ter business methods to his farm oper-
ations.
The time is past when the only aim is
to increase the supply of fruit to shove
upon an already glutted market, and
the grower is beginning to look to the
production of a superior quality of
fruit at as small cost as possible in
order to secure a reasonable interest
on his capital invested. This means
the application of business principles to
the spraying as well as other produc-
tion operations and reducing the ex-
pense of such spraying as much as pos-
sible without impairing their efficiency
and usefulness. It does not mean that
he need spray only once for codling
moth where he has been spraying two
or three times before, or spray for scale
only every other year instead of yearly,
but it must be remembered that cost of
production includes also the costly re-
sult of hurried and careless work as
well as the actual outlay of expense for
labor and spray material, and it is this
side of the production expense that
presents the most room for improve-
ment.
The fruitgrower cannot be blamed
for grasping at information emanating
from reliable sources and which prom-
ises to reduce the amount of work nec-
essary to produce a crop. His aim is
to simplify his spraying operations as
much as possible without impairing
their efficiency. He is especially apt to
make fewer codling-moth sprays, and
do the spraying less thoroughly during
a year when the crop is light than
when it is heavy, because he does not
consider the crop worth so much. The
result is usually that the years of
wormiest fruit are years of light crop
when the worms are forced to concen-
trate on the fruit that is present, and
the grower often sees that he would
have had a fair crop after all if he had
given the attention to the spray that he
had given in former years. This has
been brought to my attention in a num-
ber of cases, and instead of econo-
mizing on his. sprays he has actually
been extravagant, failing to save the
fruit that escapes the frost. The in-
creased supply of codling-moth larvae
will make the battle all the more diffi-
cult next year. The degree of success
in spraying for codling moth varies
with the relative abundance of the in-
sects in relation to the fruit crop.
This relative abundance will increase
directly as the supply of fruit de-
creases. Bearing in mind that reducing
the cost of spraying also includes the
prevention of loss from careless work,
how else can the grower reduce the
cost of his spray applications?
Co-operative Buying of Spray Mate-
rial.— The first cost of the spray mate-
rial is by no means the least, and co-
operative buying, whenever it can be
done, is to be recommended. In case
of lime-sulphur, where time and facili-
ties are at hand, it is often more eco-
nomical to make this on the ranch.
The individual grower will have to be
the judge of the economy of this.
Do not use a stronger strength of
spray than recommended. This is often
done, especially with arsenate of lead
used as a codling-moth spray. Many
growers have the impression that
doubling the amount of spray material
called for by the directions will give
better results. Consequently they use
5 pounds of arsenate of lead to 50 gal-
lons of water instead of 2 or 2%
pounds, in the hope of getting better
results and possibly with fewer opera-
tions. The less successful grower is
liable to ascribe the worms to too weak
a spray and next year he will double
the strength in the hope of getting bet-
ter results. This phase of the insecti-
cide efficiency has been thoroughly in-
vestigated and excellent results have
been secured' with strengths of 1 pound
of arsenate of lead to 50 gallons of
water (one-fifth of the above strength),
but only with very thorough applica-
tions. There is little necessity of the
grower using over 2% pounds of arse-
nate of lead to each 50 gallons of water,
as experiments and practical demon-
strations have shown this to be equally
as efficient as stronger sprays and the
possible danger of injury from arsenic
residue about the roots of the tree is
thereby much lessened.
Thoroughness of Application. — More
attention should be paid to thorough-
ness of application, especially of the
first or "calyx" spray for the codling
moth. This cannot be overemphasized,
and it is here that the best results can
be secured with a little extra attention,
especially if it is done at the proper
time. It should be remembered that the
calyx cup well filled in May is a death-
trap to larvae trying to enter that calyx
in August and September. The work of
thoroughness here includes also the use
of a high-pressure power outfit, a tower
on the top of the outfit to enable the
operator to reach the topmost branches,
and the use of a driving spray from
angle nozzles and hose fitted with ex-
tension rods at least eight feet long.
None of these can be omitted without
affecting the thoroughness of the work,
and along with the outfit should go the
owner of the orchard or the highest-
paid man on the ranch. It is no exag-
geration to say that 90 per cent of the
men handling spray rods do not know
how to spray a tree, and usually the
highest-priced man on the place is the
cheapest in the end. Poor spraying is
more expensive than a thorough job,
even though the time required may be
double, provided the orchard is not too
large to be covered by the outfit in the
proper time.
Use of Combination Sprays. — Combi-
nation sprays have a place and are
coming to be more and more used. By
the combination of an insecticide and
a fungicide spray, or a contact and
arsenical spray, the cost of keeping the
orchard clean is greatly reduced over
the expense of separate applications.
This is especially true with reference
to the codling moth and the apple scab
in North Idaho, and possibly will be
used more frequently for the codling
moth and apple mildew in South Idaho.
The combination sprays which are de-
signed to reach codling moth and green
aphis are to be encouraged and can be
used to good advantage, especially
during the early applications of spray
for the codling moth. This saves the
expense of making a separate spray for
the aphis and the only extra cost is the
cost of materials. The following list
contains most of the common sprays
that can be safely used in combination
for both insects and fungus diseases.
Some of these combinations are already
being used successfully in Southern
Idaho, and the cost of separate applica-
tions thus reduced:
Arsenate of lead and Lime-sulphur
(neutral) (summer strength;
Tobacco and soap
"Black Leaf 40"
Bordeaux mixture
Atomic sulphur
Iron sulphide
Arsenate of zinc and Iron sulphide
Atomic sulphur
Lime
Lime-sulphur and "Black Leaf 40"
Arsenate of lead
(neutral)
Kerosene emulsion and Sulphur (powdered, or
lime-sulphur)
In passing I may state that no combi-
nation spray used later in the season
can take the place of the lime-sulphur
spray applied early in the spring for
San Jose scale, and the one recom-
mending using arsenate of lead and
lime-sulphur (summer strength) is rec-
ommended for its fungicidal value
rather than its effectiveness against
scale, though it would have some value
against scales which have escaped the
action of the dormant lime-sulphur
spray. Every orchard is entitled to the
annual "house cleaning" given by the
application of lime-sulphur spray, pref-
erably when the buds are swelling. A
great deal has been said about the num-
ber of sprays, but I do not think that
we can afford to economize here. Few
successful growers feel that they can
Continued on page 37
19 1 5
BETTER FRUIT
Page 9
Black Leaf "40" Spraying to Control Apple Aphis
[From Bulletin No. 1, Published by The Kentucky Tobacco Product Company, Louisville, Ky.]
PLANT lice are among the most an-
noying and expensive pests of agri-
cultural crops that the farmer must
combat. And yet these small, soft-
bodied insects are easily destroyed and
effectively controlled. A few general
facts, a few simple directions, and the
matter of aphis control loses most of
its uncertain and perplexing features
and becomes a regular routine part of
orchard management.
Throughout the growing season these
plant lice in enormous numbers drain
the vitality of the plants attacked, and
if not checked often cause large losses
to the grower. A single aphis may
bring forth from 50 to as many as 150
young which, in little more than a
week, are themselves ready to produce
young. At the approach of cold
weather the females (the woolly aphis
excepted) lay eggs, in which form the
plant lice pass the winter. The woolly
aphis passes the winter in form of
young lice on twigs, branches and
trunk, and as young and old lice on
the roots. With the hatching of the
eggs in the spring at the time the buds
begin to grow, the activity of the plant
lice begins, and unless steps are taken
in time the number of individuals may
become so large as to threaten the life
of the plant or destroy a large portion
of the season's crop. Plant lice are
particularly destructive in the spring,
though severe outbreaks may occur at
any time during the growing season.
The aphis generally prefers the
younger, growing twigs and is found
most frequently in the denser parts of
the tree. Its sharp, slender beak pene-
trates to the interior of the leaf, blos-
som, fruit or twig and by this means it
sucks the plant juices which constitute
its food. As the aphis obtains its food
from within the plant, evidently, poi-
sons, which must be swallowed to be
effective, such as arsenate of lead, do
not bother it in the least. An insecti-
cide that will kill merely by touching
the insect must be used.
The aphis causes the following types
of injury: Reduces the vitality and
checks the growth of the tree; causes
leaves to curl, turn brown and drop;
reduces the yield of fruit; causes fruit
to be misshapen; checks the develop-
ment of young fruit; causes the well-
known "cluster apples"; checks the de-
velopment of the next year's fruit buds;
assists in spreading plant diseases, par-
ticularly fire blight; weakens or kills
young nursery stock.
A grower with infested trees should
spray not only to increase the yield
and grade of his own fruit and protect
the vitality and growth of his own
trees, but also to afford reasonable pro-
tection to the trees of his neighbors.
Aphids fly or are carried by the wind
from one orchard to another. A grower
may, then, by neglecting to sprayj
cause nearby orchards to be infested
even though the neighboring growers
have sprayed properly. In fact one
neglected orchard may be the center of
infestation for a whole community.
Showing why a contact spray must be used
Aphis-injured Apples.
Figure 3. Figure 4. Figure 5. Figure 6.
Figure 3 — Aphids on opening bud; period for spraying. Figure 4 — Apple buds too far
advanced for aphis spraying. Figure 5 — Aphis in cluster of unopened blossoms; a good
time for spraying. [From the New York (Geneva) Experiment Station Circular 23]
The time of spraying is an important
item in the control of aphis. Failures
to control aphis may often be traced to
the fact that the spray was not applied
soon enough. The New York (Geneva)
Experiment Station gives the following
as the times when the green, also rosy
or purple aphis are most vulnerable:
"When the aphids are appearing on the
green tips of the buds and when the
leaves have unfolded but have not been
curled by the lice, which is usually just
before or immediately after blossom-
ing. 1. Spraying for the newly-
hatched lice: Especial pains should be
taken to destroy the pest at this stage,
as thorough work greatly reduces the
subsequent numbers of the lice and
may simplify later spraying operations.
The best means of killing the newly-
hatched lice is a treatment during a
green and while the buds are still com-
pact. (Figure 3.) It is important to
spray early, for if the treatment is de-
layed the aphids obtain protection in
the fuzzy, unfolded leaves of the open-
ing buds, where they are protected
from applications of spray mixtures.
2. Spraying for adults of the first
brood and second-brood young: Indi-
viduals of these stages are very sus-
ceptible to contact sprays. They are
usually active upon the trees during the
period extending from the appearance
of the color in the unopened blossoms
(Figure 5) to the dropping of the pet-
als (Figure 6)." * * *
Make the applications as follows:
Spray with "Black Leaf 40" 1 to 1066
and soap (% pint of "Black Leaf 40"
plus 3 to 4 pounds soap to 100 gallons
water) when the buds show green.
(See Figure 3.) If lime-sulphur is ap-
plied for scale when buds shown green,
combine "Black Leaf 40" with it in-
stead of making application No. 1.
Omit soap. (See Figure 3.) Combine
"Black Leaf 40" with scab spray (when
blossoms show pink) if treatments 1
or 2 were not given or lice are present.
Omit soap. (See Figure 5.) Likewise
combine "Black Leaf 40" with the first
codling-moth spray (when petals fall)
if plant lice are present. Omit soap.
However, we strongly recommend
treatments 1 or 2 or 3 for best results.
(See Figure 6.) Thorough work in
spraying at these times may make later
applications unnecessary. There is no
definite rule for spraying in late sum-
mer for aphis. The grower should
keep watch and spray whenever the
plant lice threaten to become numerous
and before the leaves curl.
The formula: Circular No. 23 of the
New York (Geneva) Experiment Sta-
tion states: "The most satisfactory
preparation from the standpoint of
safety to the buds and effectiveness
against the insects is three-fourths of a
pint of 'Black Leaf 40' to one hundred
gallons of water, to which are added
from three to five pounds of dissolved
soap." This gives a dilution of one
part of "Black Leaf 40" to 1066 parts
water. The soap is added as a spreader
and in addition serves to soften hard
water, which occasionally renders
Continued on page 34
Page w BETTER FRUIT April
The Truth Well Told — Will Help Solve Apple Problem
By Harrison Atwood, Vice President The H. K. McCann Company, San Francisco.
AN apple a day. Just suppose for
a minute that the American
people — every one of them — were
eating an apple a day. One hundred
million people, 365 days — that's thirty-
six and a half billion apples — roughly
twice the present apple production of
the entire country. Add to this the
"bulk consumption" of apples for pies,
sauce and so forth, and there wouldn't
be much worry about overproduction.
Of course it is not likely that all the
American people are going to take to
apple eating over night. But suppose
that half of them ate an apple a day —
or even half of them ate half an apple
a day. That is not an impossibility.
Nearly the whole American nation eats
some sort of breakfast food every
morning. Advertising taught them to.
Hundreds of thousands of men now use
a safety razor every morning. Adver-
tising taught them to.
Advertising will teach the nation to
eat more apples — apples from the Pa-
cific Northwest — and thus solve one of
the greatest problems confronting the
industry. The centralizing and har-
monizing of the work of the Northwest
selling agencies, now going on, is of
vital importance. So, too, is the plan
for developing the by-products end of
the business, and the plans for more
adequate cold-storage facilities and for
the securing of better freight rates to
the East, both by rail and water. These
things are fundamental. They provide
the essential machinery for marketing
the Northwest apple. But they do not
provide the market.
The market is the people, or, more
exactly, it is that portion of the people
who want your apples. They cannot
want them until they know them, and
unfortunately the people as a whole do
not know the Northwest apple. Of
course thousands do know it — and fa-
vorably. They will eat no others. But
these thousands are not enough to in-
sure a sufficient market now — certainly
not for the future. To market your
fruit with the greatest success you need
to tell more people about it. You need
to teach them, you need to advertise to
them. Advertising is nothing more
than the "Truth Well Told." It is going
to the people and telling them the facts
about your apples. And you can be
certain people are going to buy more
Northwest apples when they really
know them.
There are scores of thousands of
people in this country who are eating
"just apples" — often small, hard, mis-
shapen fruit grown on some neglected
tree. Scores of thousands are eating
what you would call "cooking apples,"
or even poorer. Suppose you were to
tell these people the story of the North-
west apple — tell them how carefully
the hole is dug or dynamited and the
tree set out, tell them how the young
tree is nursed along to maturity, how
the soil is cultivated, how the trees are
sprayed, how the ripe fruit is carefully
picked by hand, sorted and each apple
wrapped separately in tissue before it
is packed in the substantial box that
brings the fruit to them, solid and
round and perfect. Make them realize
that apple growing in the Northwest is
a science, that here as nowhere else the
apple is brought to its highest perfec-
tion. Tell them of the healthfulness of
the apple, how it aids digestion and
helps regulate the system; tell them of
its great food value as shown in the
government bulletin — making it plain
always that you are talking about the
Northwest apple.
But do not stop with these mere facts.
Appeal to their taste. Make their
mouths water for the crispness of a
perfect Delicious or Newtown. It can
be done even in type and pictures.
Then go on and tell them of all the
appetizing ways in which the apple can
be used. Give them a recipe for a new
apple salad, for example. Suggest that
the housewife send for a complete
booklet of selected apple recipes. You
can well afford to give her one. Keep
reminding them, these potential apple
eaters in the East, of all the occasions
when an apple is so good — for the
whole family at breakfast, for father
working late at the office, for the chil-
dren at recess or after school, for the
picnic lunch basket. A properly con-
ducted advertising campaign will create
a constantly increasing good-will asset
for the Northwest apple industry that
eventually will be worth millions of
dollars.
Advertising will increase the con-
sumption of Northwest apples and
more nearly adjust the demand to the
supply. Will create a demand through-
out the year and thus stabilize the mar-
ket. Will reduce the selling expense
because the selling effort will be less.
It is easy to sell goods for which there
is an insistent demand. Will make it
easier to get credit, for a banker will
readily loan money on a branded food
product for which there a steady call.
Will have the indirect result of adver-
tising the Northwest States themselves,
and increasing the value of apple-bear-
ing properties.
It is just as certain that advertising
will do these things for Northwest
apples as that it has done them for
breakfast foods and oranges. Take the
case of the California orange growers.
In many ways their situation was sim-
ilar to yours — they had a beautiful fruit
with constantly-increasing output, but
a nearly sationary demand. They
turned to advertising, and in the last
decade, while the population of the
United States has increased 21 per cent,
the per capita consumption of Califor-
nia oranges has increased 75 per cent.
In his last annual report the general
manager of the California Fruit Grow-
ers' Exchange writes: "The production
of California oranges and lemons is in-
creasing rapidly and the Exchange,
looking to the future as well as to the
present interests of its members, is by
judicious advertising creating a larger
consumption of oranges, lemons and
grapefruit. At the same time it has
established for the "Sunkist" brand a
national standard of quality that is a
cash asset for every Exchange shipper.
The advertised brands of the Exchange
are now demanded by consumers every-
where." And all this has been done for
the orange growers at a very moderate
cost. This last year it was one and one-
half cents per box, or only six-tenths of
one per cent on the gross value of the
fruit.
The proposed Council of the North-
west Fruit Growers, working in co-
operation with the several selling
agencies, is the organization through
which this apple advertising can be
carried on. This central body can con-
duct a comprehensive campaign of
apple education such as no single sell-
ing agency or single growing district
could afford to undertake. All will be
benefited. None will be heavily taxed.
A cent a box will provide an adver-
tising fund that will make the American
people know the Northwest apple. This
fund can provide not only for educating
the consumer, but for telling the trade
what you are doing and for enlisting
their co-operation. Advertising will
make Apple Day a much bigger national
affair — a day on which everyone will
think apples, talk apples, eat apples and
get the desire to do so for many months
to follow.
If advertising were to cost five cents
a box it would still be worth while.
But a cent a box will do it — and that is
a safe, conservative expenditure. Prop-
erly, it is not an advertising expense
alone. Advertising has come to be con-
sidered as one of the regular items of
selling expense. It is so counted by
thousands of the most reliable and
prosperous business firms in the coun-
try. The general manager of the Cali-
fornia Fruit Growers' Exchange refers
to it as "partly an operating cost and
partly an investment for the sale of
future crops." You have no reason to
doubt the future prosperity of the
Northwest apple industry. You have
one of the finest fruit products in the
world, already favorably known to
many people. You are intelligently ap-
plying yourselves to the problem of
marketing that product without waste
effort and waste expense. You need go
only one step further. You need only
to tell more people about your product,
to teach them its goodness, and thus
open up new and greater markets and
secure for the Northwest apple the
good will, which next to its quality is
the greatest asset it can have. You can
do this by advertising — which is merely
the "Truth Well Told."
The Washington Agriculturist is one
of the most attractive and valuable
publications coming to this office from
any of the agricultural colleges. The
Washington Agriculturist is published
by the Washington Agricultural Col-
lege, Pullman.
W 5
BETTER FRUIT
Page ii
Old-time jimmy-pipers
rally round the
P. A. standard !
Col. J. S. Powell of Pensacola, Fla., 95 years old, and nephew
of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of Ihe United
States, has just been elected to the "old'time jimmy=pipers"
club. Col. Powell has smoked for 85 years, breaking into
harness as a ten-year=old. We will be glad to receive pic-
tures of old-time smokers.
Now, everybody
sit around close:
Any farmer along the friendly road will
tell you never to judge the depth of a
well from the length of its pump-handle.
Just like it's back-shuffling cards to
choose your tobacco from the looks of
the package.
Pick P. A. for pipe joy and cigarette
makin's joy, and you'll be just as happy
as a June bug in an apple tree. For it's
mighty widespread news nowadays that
Prince Albert is made by a patented
process that takes the teeth out of the
smoke and leaves your tongue as calm
and peaceful as a harvest moon night.
That's jimmy-pipe joy that comes via
Albert
the national joy smoke
While the spring's young, tune up that old
jimmy-pipe and bud-out into a real and true
pipe smoker. Sure enough, you'll be in full
bloom before the day is done, if you'll smoke
P. A. For there's no more teeth in it than
in a mocking bird's tune box. And let that
drift into your system.
BuyP.Ji. in toppy red bags, 5c; tidy red tins, lOc; pound and
half-poud tin humidors— and that classy crystahglass pound
humidor with the sponge in the top that keeps P. Jt. so good.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N.C
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
Page 12
BETTER FRUIT
April
f :ian;i<:ia;Mu1g
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as any other kind. Get a MYERS — Bucket. Barrel or Power — according
to your needs — a guaranteed pump that you can depend on or a fully
equipped outfit with tank, trucks, etc., that is handy to use about buildings
for whitewashing or disinfecting, and also adapted for spraying trees.
shrubbery, etc _
Write today for late Catalog showing all styles of Myers Spray Pumps, Nozzlesand Accessories and
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with name of our dealer.
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In dealing with this Company fruit growers obtain the advantage of quick
delivery, fresh materials, minimum freight rates, prompt service, uniform prices
and definite directions for the intelligent use of these materials in order to obtain
the best possible results. Bulletins giving the best available information for effi-
cient and economical control of insect and fungous troubles will be mailed free on
request.
GENERAL CHEMICAL COMPANY
Royal Insurance Building SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Organization of Central Selling Agency Is Made
[From the North Yakima (Washington) Republic]
LAST NIGHT W. M. Nelson, acting for
the Yakima County Horticultural
Union; H. M. Gilbert, for the Richey &
Gilbert Co., and C. E. Sanderson, for
the Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange,
entered into articles of incorporation
of the "Yakima Fruit Sellers," which is
the name chosen for the central Yakima
selling agency, for the organization of
which a movement has been in progress
for several weeks. Articles of incorpo-
ration were drawn and signed at a
meeting of representatives of the three
organizations in the office of Logan H.
Roberts, and a copy of the articles were
forwarded to the secretary at Olympia.
This action was taken following in-
dorsement of the central selling agency
plan by a meeting of the Horticultural
Union in the afternoon in the Y. M. C.
A. Building. The indorsement was
given by a vote which was almost unan-
imous, and the trustees of the union
were authorized to join with the Yaki-
ma Fruit Growers' Exchange and the
Richey & Gilbert Co. in incorporating
the proposed agency.
The purpose of the Yakima Fruit
Sellers are stated in the articles as fol-
lows: "First. To provide a central
agency for the purpose of handling and
selling fruits, agricultural and horticul-
tural products for the persons, associa-
tions and corporations with whom it
may see fit to enter into contract for
this purpose, and to find a market for
and sell said products. To reduce the
cost of selling Yakima Valley products
and procure better distribution, prevent
overloading markets and to better ad-
vertise Yakima Valley products. Sec-
ond. To provide a selling and handling
association in which persons with
whom this agency may contract shall
have a voice in the methods used in the
sale of all products sold or handled by
this corporation. Third. To do any
and all acts necessary to promote the
sale or distribution of Yakima Valley
fruits and produce for the benefit of
any and all persons, associations and
companies with whom this company
may contract."
The corporation is of a non-profit-
sharing character, and the capital stock
was fixed at the nominal sum of $3,000,
divided into thirty shares. Each of the
organizations, through its representa-
tive, takes ten shares. The period of in-
corporation is fifty years, and the prin-
cipal office and place of business are lo-
cated in North Yakima.
The affairs of the corporation are to
be managed by a board of three trus-
tees, but at any annual meeting of the
stockholders, and at any special meet-
ing called for the purpose, the number
of trustees may be increased to a num-
ber not exceeding nine. W. M. Nelson,
H. M. Gilbert and C. E. Sanderson are
named as trustees until May 1, 1915.
Although the final vote at the Horti-
cultural Union meeting on indorsement
of the central selling agency plan was
practically unanimous, only a few votes
being cast against it, vigorous opposi-
tion to the move was offered in a lively
session of several hours attended by
sixty or more growers. The opposition
was led by Ed Remy and H. B. Scudder.
Before adjourning the meeting passed
a resolution urging the Yakima Valley
Fruit Growers' Association to market
all its soft fruits, and if possible all its
fruit, including apples, through the new
central agency. Although not included
in the resolution, its purpose, as stated
in discussion, was to urge making the
Yakima Valley as near a unit as pos-
sible in the marketing of its fruit. A
meeting of fruitgrowers of all affilia-
tions was held at Parker last night and
resolutions were passed indorsing the
new central. agency.
President Nelson, speaking for a ma-
jority of the directors of the union and
for himself personally, declared: "We
hope and firmly believe that the Yakima
Valley Fruit Growers' Association will
join this movement ; if not immediately,
at least next season. We have the as-
surances of C. H. Swigart, the associa-
tion's representative on the committee,
that the association is willing to give
us its tonnage except winter apples.
Should the association join it would be
the purpose to give them just the same
representation on the selling board as
each of the others have. The union has
done well, but whether it can continue
to do so if the present cutthroat policy
continues is a question. I honestly be-
lieve that if you fail to accept this you
are blocking the progress of something
that means a great deal for the Yakima
Valley."
The agreement, laid before the meet-
ing of union members at the Y. M. C. A.,
was as follows: "We, the undersigned,
in organizing the corporation named,
the 'Yakima Fruit Sellers,' agree as fol-
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ORCHARD tractors are coming in
more strongly each year as a factor
in cutting the cost per box, and in the
last few years especially the smaller
machines have been perfected to a
stage where the leading makes, at least,
can be depended upon to stand up un-
der the work and earn good dividends.
Two years ago, thirty motor horse-
power was a low rating for a success-
ful tractor. A machine of that size was
called a "small" tractor. But mechan-
ical improvements come fast when a
start is made in the right direction, and
the present small tractors are really
small. Good machines — weighing about
what four good horses would weigh,
costing the price of eight, doing the
work of ten and taking up less ground
space than two — are now to be had,
with a responsible manufacturer's guar-
antee behind them. Fifteen to eighteen
motor horsepower, and eight to ten
horsepower on the drawbar, is now
about the average as put out for orchard
work. What such a tractor will do and
how much money it will save are things
that will differ with every farm, but
where one man made a thirty-horse-
power tractor pay in an orchard* ten
can make make money on one of half
to two-thirds that size. The type of
tractor will also cut quite a figure, as
more can be done with some kinds than
others. Suppose that one pays the price
and gets a tractor fully adapted to or-
chard work. Then he could expect to
work it about as follows: 36 to 50
inches of plows is a safe load to handle
at 6 or 7 inches deep in orchard or
vineyard land that has had time to
settle since the last cultivation. That
means, at a speed of 2% miles an hour,
8 to 11 acres of plowing per day. The
tree rows not plowed will just about
make up for the time lost in turns, etc.
A double-disc harrow, from 6 to 8 feet
wide, according to soil and throw of
discs, and sometimes a smoothing har-
row behind, should not be too heavy a
load for such a tractor if properly de-
signed for work on plowed ground.
The first cross working could be taken
care of very nicely with such a rig at
the rate of 16 to 20 acres a day, again
not deducting unplowed tree rows.
Keeping the orchard cultivated is a job
that pays well and keeps on paying as
long as you do it. G. E. Browne of
Spokane Bridge, Washington, has only
700 acres of Wagener, Jonathan and
Rome Beauty apples, but his tractor
(a large size) and harrows cover about
9,000 acres a season keeping the place
clean — in other words, about 13 trips
over the whole area. He makes 45 to
50 acres a day with a sixty-horsepower
tractor (72 acres in 10 hours one day)
at a cost of 20 to 25 cents per acre, in-
cluding labor, fuel, oil and repairs
to tractor, spring-tooth harrow and
weeder. At that rate the handy small
tractor ought to cover 15 to 20 acres a
day with a heavy set of harrows, while
on high speed (3 to 3% miles an hour)
with a lighter load, 25 to 35 acres of
crust could be broken up in a day, to
say nothing of night work besides. An
electric lighting equipment doesn't cost
much extra, and sometimes it is worth
as much as another whole tractor.
The wide wheels or track of a tractor
will also come in handy at harvest time,
as crates or boxes can be picked up in
April
the field and taken to the packing
house. Hauling from there to cold-
storage house or railway station can be
done quickly and cheaply with the
tractor, and it is worth a good deal
some seasons to get in ahead of the
rush. A tractor of this size can handle
from 12 to 14 tons on the middle speed
at better than two miles an hour on
solid, smooth, level roads. You can cut
that square in two very easily if you
have bad roads and heavy grades, but
there would be the same trouble with
teams. Go to market slowly with a big
load and come back fast with the
empties is good advice if your tractor
has two speeds. If it has three, that is,
low, middle and high, you will find the
"low" a great time-saver in helping
you over the worst spots in the road.
One hundred days of work a year
will earn a tractor's way and pay in-
terest on the outlay. Taking the mini-
mum capacity per day, there would be
about the following tractor work on an
eighty-acre orchard: Plowing, 10 days;
cross-work, 5 days; cultivating, 65
days; hauling, 20 days; miscellaneous,
20 days, a total of 120 days.
There are easily enough odd jobs to
keep a tractor busy 20 days extra, and
the 65 days for cultivating are a mini-
mum, rather than an average, for best
results. Neighbors can always be
found who have work for a tractor to
do, and as a matter of fact the yearly
work of a small tractor is more apt to
be 175 to 200 days than below that.
Small tractors nowadays are snug and
compact — not as high as a horse and
almost as short-turning. Under the
branches, turning up one row and back
the next, over cultivated ground with-
out packing — the little gas tractor is a
very handy tool. No currying, no feed-
ing when idle, no watering or harness-
ing, only one driver — it is a machine
that is fast coming to be a necessity in
keeping down costs to beat the middle-
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of supporting orchard trees. It is not expensive, is easily
done, and the time to tie is when trimming. The spurs
are then tougher, less easily broken off than later, leaves
are not in the way and all parts of the tree can be seen.
Saving but a small percentage of trees from being broken
down will pay for the expense of lying an entire orchard.
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only mean in the end repair bills and the
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The Northwest Fruit Shippers
On March 11th the official representa-
tives of nearly all of the principal mar-
keting concerns of the Northwest met
in Seattle for the purpose of effecting a
marketing organization. H. M. Gilbert
of North Yakima was appointed tem-
porary chairman, G. W. McCullough of
North Yakima, temporary secretary.
The committe on membership organiza-
tion named was: C. W. Grant, chair-
man; G. M. McKee and Chas. Crawford
of North Yakima; J. H. Dengle, Conrad
Rose, Grant Patten of Wenatchee; J. H.
Robbins, general manager of the North
Pacific Fruit Distributors, and W. F.
Gwyn, general manager of the North-
west Fruit Exchange.
The report rendered by this commit-
tee was accepted as a whole with a few
minor changes. A permanent organiza-
tion was effected to be known as the
"Northwest Fruit Shippers' Council,"
the membership being open to shippers
in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
Montana handling fifty cars or more
per year. Dues were fixed at one hun-
dred dollars. It was decided the gov-
erning board should consist of four-
teen members, to be selected as follows:
One representative from the North
Pacific Fruit Distributors; one from the
Northwest Fruit Exchange; two from
Wenatchee, outside of the above-named
organizations; two from Yakima Valley,
outside of the above-named organiza-
tions; one each from Hood River, Ore-
gon; Lewiston, Idaho; Clarkston, Wash-
ington; Southern Idaho; Montana; Spo-
kane, Washington; Rogue River, Ore-
gon; Walla Walla, Washington, and
Western Oregon.
It is the intention of the Northwest
Fruit Shippers' Council to call a meet-
ing of the governing board of fourteen
members as often as conditions and
circumstances may render necessary.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: H. F. Davidson, Hood
River, president; Conrad Rose, Wenat-
chee, vice-president; H. M. Gilbert,
North Yakima, second vice-president;
Worrill Wilson, Seattle, secretary and
treasurer. Other members of the gov-
erning board elected were: W. F. Gwvn,
Seattle; C. M. McKee, North Yakima;
G. W. Coburn, Wenatchee. The bal-
ance of the members of the governing
board are to be elected later.
Gophers
Fruitgrowers and alfalfa growers in
the spring are always crowded with
work and too frequently do not realize
that it is in the spring that the gophers
begin their active work. When a tree
is lost the fruitgrower loses all the way
from $1.00 to $10.00 or more, according
to the age. Consequently the fruit-
grower probably suffers more heavily
from the damage done by gophers than
any other class of farmers. Alfalfa
fields are sometimes almost entirely
ruined by gophers. Much of the dam-
age is done by the irrigation ditches
being undermined, and altogether it is
supposed that the damage done by go-
phers in one season amounts to pos-
sibly millions of dollars. Every effort
should be made at this season of the
year to destroy them.
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April
Northwest By-Products Board
The fresh fruit situation makes it
inevitable that a very great number of
canneries, evaporators and other kinds
of fruit products plants will be estab-
lished in the Northwest during the next
two years. There is a real need for
many of these if the districts east of
the mountains are to maintain their
fruit business upon a sound basis. Un-
less controlled, most of these plants
will be started wrong. Many will be
badly managed and many will be
organized where there is no need for
them. The result will be failures and
much needless loss of money. While
this is going on the market will be de-
moralized because the badly managed
plant is usually just as badly off in
its selling. The result will be serious
injury to the business of the existing
plants. All this will take place unless
the situation is controlled.
The Northwest By-Products Board
believes that its function is just as
much to help control the general situa-
tion as it is to help communities start
plants that will take care of their sur-
plus fruit. In that work we need the
help and co-operation of every existing
cannery, evaporator, dried fruit packer
or other form of plant. The present
industry should be as closely tied to-
gether as possible, so as to establish
standards of pack, a reasonably uni-
form price and a co-operative reaching
out for new markets. Once that is done
the industry will be stabilized and our
committee can work with the fruit pro-
ducts plants toward helping take care
of the surplus fruit in the districts
where it is now going to waste.
Many of these districts are probably
not ready for plants. They have not
volume enough. With a united strength
we can work with the railroads to get
a low express rate for berries or freight
rate for fruit that will permit the as-
sembling of this stuff at existing plants
until the district develops an output
that justifies a cannery or evaporator.
In those districts where there is a
manifest need for plants at once, the
committee can help promote these in
such a way that they will be ouerated
right and their product can be sold
side by side with that of the existing
plants, and the market will not be
demoralized. This will help the new
plant and will protect the old ones.
Perhaps the whole situation cannot
be worked out as smmothly as that. A
great deal of difficulty will be exper-
ienced in getting the existing plants
into any kind of an agreement. Also,
irresponsible promotions will be started
that nobody can control. But the com-
mittee believes that, with an organiza-
tion of all the existing plants, it can do
a great deal toward controlling the
situation. This general problem was
discussed at the recent conference in
Portland. Other small district meetings
are being held. Soon there will be need
to hold another general conference. In
the meantime we wish to ask you to
think over the situation and frankly
and fullv write us just what you be-
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SALESMEN WANTED A Catalog and Special Prices on Request
Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc.
Required by the Act of August 24, 1912.
of "Better Fruit," Published Monthly at Hood River, Oregon
for April, 1915
Note: This statement is to be made in duplicate, both copies to be delivered by the
publisher to the postmaster, who will send one copy to the Third Assistant Postmaster
General (Division of Classification), Washington, D. C, and retain the other in the files
of the post office.
Name of Editor, E. H. Shepard. Post office address, Hood River, Oregon.
Name of Managing Editor, E. H. Shepard. Post office address, Hood River, Oregon.
Name of Rusiness Manager, E. H. Shepard. Post office address, Hood River, Oregon.
Publisher, Retter Fruit Publishing Company. E. H. Shepard, sole owner and pub-
lisher. Post office address, Hood River, Oregon.
Owners: (If a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders
holding 1 per cent of more of total amount of stock. If not a corporation, give names and
addresses of individual owners.) E. H. Shepard, sole owner. Address, Hood River,
Oregon.
Known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders, holding 1 per cent or more
of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities: (If there are none, so state.)
None.
Average number of copies of each issue of this publication sold or distributed through
the mails or otherwise, to paid subscribers during the six months preceding the date
shown above: (This information is required from dailv newspapers only.)
E. H." SHEPARD, Editor and Publisher.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 19th day of March, 1915.
(Seal) ERNEST C. SMITH,
Notary Public for Oregon.
My commission expires August 7, 1916.
Bees Are Not Poisoned by Sprays
There has long been a belief that
spraying blossoms with arsenate of
lead or other poisons would kill the
bees that visited the blossoms after
spraying in their search for honey.
Professor C. W. Woodworth of the Uni-
veristy of California has conducted
some careful investigations in the
Pajaro Valley, which are related by
him in "Gleanings in Bee Culture,"
showing that this fear is groundless,
that the spraying can be done at the
time best for codling-moth control, and
that the bees can visit the blossoms
without injury. A colony of bees from
the university at Berkeley was shipped
to Watsonville and placed in the midst
of a forty-acre apple orchard at Wat-
sonville just before a heavy spraying
with arsenicals was given. After being
kept there for some time without ap-
parent injury to the bees, the hive was
shipped back to Berkeley and kept
closed until a number of the bees were
dead. These were taken out and a
considerable amount of arsenic was
found upon them, but it was all on the
outside, coming there by contact, as
would dust or powder of any kind. No
internal arsenic was found and the
arsenic apparently had nothing to do
with their deaths. There was likewise
no trace of arsenic in the honey gath-
ered by the bees from the blossoms
sprayed with arsenicals. The right
idea is to spray when the blossoms
need it. Keep bees if convenient to pol-
linize the blossoms, but do not worry
about the effect of the spraying on
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HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Official Organ of The Northwest Fruit Growers' Association
A Monthly Illustrated Magazine Published in the
Interest of Modern Fruit Growing and Marketing
All Communications Should Be Addressed and Remittances
Made Payable to
Better Fruit Publishing Company
E. H. SHEPAHD, Editor and Publisher
H. E. VAN DEMAN, Contributing Editor
STATE ASSOCIATE EDITORS
OREGON
C. I. Lewis, Horticulturist Corvallis
H. S. Jackson, Pathologist Corvallis
H. F. Wilson, Entomologist Corvallis
WASHINGTON
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O. M. Morris, Horticulturist Pullman
COLORADO
C. P. Gillette, Director and Entomologist Fort Collins
E. B. House. Chief of Department of Civil and Irrigation
Engineering, State Agricultural College Fort Collins
E. P. Taylor, Horticulturist Grand Junction
IDAHO
W. H. Wicks, Horticulturist , Moscow
W. S. Thornber, Horticulturist Lewiston
UTAH
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MONTANA
O. B. Whipple, Horticulturist Bozeman
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C. W. Woodworth, Entomologist Berkeley
W. H. Volck. Entomologist Watsonville
Leon D. Batchelor, Horticulturist Riverside
BRITISH COLUMBIA
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assuming that not only is business bet-
ter but we can look forward with con-
fidence to a steady improvement. A
recent article in the World's Work fur-
nishes some interesting data and as-
surance of better times and better
business. The Pennsylvania Railroad
has recently sold $49,000,000 worth of
4%% mortgage bonds; the Illinois Cen-
tral has also sold millions of securities
and other railroads are doing the same.
The railroads and business are already
borrowing money for productive pur-
poses because money is plentiful and
cheap. It is eight months since the
war broke out, which created a drastic
stringency in financial circles. That
period of uncertainty and fear has
passed. At the present time an abun-
dance of cheap money exists; it is the
biggest stimulant in the world to create
business. Capital cannot, will not and
does not lie idle long. City banks
which are required by law to carry a
15% reserve have from 25% to 40%, or
twice the normal amount recpiired,
which means that double the amount of
money in normal times is now idle.
This condition cannot and will not con-
tinue; this dormant capital will become
active and with it business will become
good.
It is not intended by this prophesy
that business will come with a jump,
but it is the opinion of the editor that
a steady, gradual, safe improvement
can be reasonably looked for from now
on. In December last the balance of
trade in favor of the United States was
•$132,000,000. At the present increase of
trade balance in our favor, it will be a
billion dollars before the year is over.
The World's Work states that the
BETTER FRUIT
United States during the war is saving
over $200,000,000 per year which has
usually been spent by American tourists
in Europe. All of these conditions
point to a continuation of cheap money
and the encouragement of industrial
activity. The stringency is past; the
emergency measures taken at the out-
break of the war are no longer neces-
sary; the gold pool has been dissolved
and the cotton pool is no longer needed.
The stock exchanges are open, although
minimum price restriction still pre-
vails. Our condition is now improving
with certainty and we may reasonably
expect it to continue to improve even
if the war continues. A review of his-
tory shows that usually following
war business conditions are much im-
proved. After the Civil War business
showed a steady improvement, which
continued with apparently few set-
backs until 1907. The World's Work
states that there is much historical
precedent for decent optimism.
The World's Work further states:
"With such possibilities before us, a
courageous and patriotic thing for men
to do who have brains, energy and
capital, is to use them so that our
bread lines may be shortened and an
end made to the setback caused by the
disruption of the normal relations of
trade by the sudden outbreak of the
war. There is before us an oppor-
tunity for an immediate quickening in
business, — an opportunity which it is
our duty to make the most of. It is
noted chiefly on cheap money, but not
alone on that. There are other en-
couraging signs which we can wel-
come. It is a time when optimism and
energy can gain a fair reward."
* * *
The Board of Control of the Market-
ing Organization. — The selling con-
cerns have organized with a Board of
Control, one representative to be given
to each of the large concerns like the
Northwest Fruit Exchange and the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors, and in
the different sections where there are
several other marketing organizations
they are accorded a representative on
the Board of Control. For instance, if
there are eight marketing organizations
in any particular district, then these
eight are given two representatives,
making in this way a total of fourteen.
This small body, representative of the
marketing concerns, can confer with
the Board of Control of the fruitgrow-
ers' organization in reference to the
policy to be pursued. It is generally
believed that they can agree on some
harmonious condition which will be
conducive to great good for every-
one interested in the fruit industry.
Through this plan, it is believed that
the markets can be stabilized; it is be-
lieved the marketing concerns will
become more efficient and better serv-
ice rendered to the dealer; the standard
of packing can be improved and be
made more uniform. It is also believed
that this combination will result in
better prices for the fruitgrower by
elimination of unnecessary self-com-
petition or cutting of prices. At the
April
same time it is hoped and believed the
consumer in the end will be given
better care and obtain his fruit even at
a less price than he has done for many
years in the past.
* * *
Railroads have been criticised by the
public very extensively; while perhaps
some of it has been just, much has been
unjust. The railroads have been great
developers of communities; they are
creators and builders of business.
Without the railroads the Northwest-
ern States, — Oregon, Washington, Idaho
and Montana, — would still be not much
more than a wilderness or desert lands.
The railroads have peopled these four
states with a population of nearly four
millions. Apparently it is not easy
going for the railroads. The Interstate
Commerce Commission has regulated
rates, — not that they have done so un-
wisely, but nevertheless it has affected
the income of the railroads. The labor
organizations have demanded shorter
hours and frequently better pay. With
the income reduced and the expenses
increased, many railroads have found
difficulty in maintaining the equipment,
trackage and good condition. The
Interstate Commerce Commission re-
cently granted an increase of five per
cent. It is believed this will do much
to improve financial conditions with
our railroads. It is hoped it will en-
able them to do such improvement and
extension work as may be necessary
for the development of the country. It
begins to look as if the public had be-
gun to understand the importance and
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NOW
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BETTER FRUIT
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necessity of proper railroad service,
and it is to be hoped that the railroads
will receive proper consideration from
the public in the future.
The 1915 Outlook. — During the year
1914 many adverse conditions pre-
vailed which were accountable for the
low prices that the fruitgrower real-
ized. In the first place, an immense
crop; in the second place, a general
depression of business; in the third
place, the war broke out just as the
apples were beginning to go on the
market; in the fourth place, the crop
got ripe all together; in the fifth place,
there was much indiscrimate market-
ing and cutting of prices and unneces-
sary competition; in the sixth place,
much fruit was shipped without ice to
save the extra expense. Perhaps this
is enough to account for the low prices
prevailing in the year 1914. It is rea-
sonable to assume that such a combi-
nation of conditions will not occur
again very near in the future. The
Northwest feels assured that much bet-
ter marketing conditions will prevail
and it is reasonable to assume a big
crop will not follow on top of last
year's crop, so therefore growers can
reasonably hope and expect to obtain
much better prices than during the
past year.
* * *
The Policy of the Growers' Council.
It will be the aim of this body, through
their Board of Control and Executive
Committee, to create a policy that can
be consistently followed by different
marketing concerns. All of the differ-
ent members of the Board of Control
and Executive Committee, in the minds
of the fruitgrowers, are safe, sane and
conservative people; therefore it is to
be assumed they will act with good
judgment and impose no condition on
the marketing concerns that cannot be
reasonably complied with. Such a
policy will meet with success and
support of the marketing concerns.
On the other hand, if their demands
were impossible opposition would nat-
urally spring up which would result in
friction and the good work impaired in
the very beginning. But it is believed,
as already stated, that the Board of
Control and the Executive Committee
are such reasonable men that they will
only ask such reasonable considera-
tions as the marketing concerns will
cheerfully comply with.
The Growers' Council, Its Board of
Control of Ten and the Executive Com-
mittee of Three. — This issue contains
a very interesting personal account of
each member of the Growers' Board of
Control and the Eexecutive Committee
of Three, which should prove very in-
teresting to every fruitgrower of the
Northwest. The growers have placed
a great big responsibility on these
people and it is well they should have
as much information about their past
history as is obtainable. "Better Fruit"
has secured from each one of the
Board of Control and Executive Com-
mittee a brief personal account of their
past and present, which is embodied in
a short personal article in this issue, —
the age, birthplace, date of birth, dif-
ferent lines of business each one has
been engaged in, different public posi-
tions each member has held, his pres-
ent business and his present public
office.
* * *
Concentration of Tonnage. — The
opinion seems to prevail among quite
a few growers that, with the Board of
Control, everything will be clear and
easy sailing for the independent ship-
pers and small shipping concerns. The
Growers' Council and Board of Control
and Executive Committee entertain a
different idea. This committee states
very positively they feel they can ren-
der far more efficient service with a
smaller number of marketing concerns
than with a large number, therefore it
is their desire that the tonnage be con-
centrated as much as possible, and it is
to be hoped the grower will choose
with wisdom and judgment the selec-
tion of his marketing concern, select-
ing such one as in his opinion he feels
is reliable and such a one as will se-
cure good, satisfactory prices.
* * *
Spraying. — In these times of rigid
economy the fruitgrower should give
the matter of spraying careful consid-
eration. Economy must prevail in
every feature of apple producing as
well as in marketing, therefore we are
publishing a splendid article entitled,
"Spraying Economy and Insecticide
Efficiency." The object of the grower
is to get a clean crop of fruit, therefore
he sprays. At the same time it is im-
against Gypsy, Brown-tail and Tussock
Caterpillars, Canker Worms, Climbing
Cut Worms and Ants. It is also effective
against any crawling insects attacking
fruit, shade or ornamental trees.
Band Trees About Two Weeks
Before Insects Appear and
Get Best Results
Easily applied with wooden paddle. One pound
makes about 10 lineal feet of band. One applica-
tion stays sticky 3 months and longer— outlasting
10 to 20 times any other substance. Remains
effective rain or shine. Won't soften — won't run
or melt, yet always elastic, expanding with
growth of tree. No mixing, simply open can
and use. Will not injure trees.
For Tree Surgery
Tree Tanglefoot is superior to anything on
the market — it is the best application after
pruning or trimming. It will water-proof the
crotch of a tree or a cavity or wound in a tree,
when nothing: else will do it.
Sold by All First-Class Seed Dealers
1-lb. cans 30c; 3-lb. cans 85c; 10-lb. cans S2.65;
20-lb. cans S4.80, and 25-lb. wooden pails $5.95.
Write today for illustrated booklet on Leaf-
eating Insects. Mailed free.
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113 Straight Ave. Grand Rapids, Mich.
Manufacturers of Tanglefoot Fly
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Page 20
BETTER FRUIT
April
Why not use the
Best Nozzle
when the cost is
so little %
Try the ClWIl
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Tlie only solid-cone-spray
nozzle made.
It is imitated but never
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We will send
Two by Mail for
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Send Money Order,
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If personal check is sent,
add 10 cents for exchange.
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portant that this should be done eco-
nomically, therefore spray should not
be wasted or used stronger than neces-
sary to control the trouble. In many
instances two sprays can be combined,
thereby saving much extra cost in the
way of labor. The combination of
sprays has been shown in previous
editions of "Better Fruit" and will not
be repeated in this issue. If the grower
is uncertain about any combination of
spray materials, it seems wise to sug-
gest he consult someone who is posted
or write the Experiment Station in his
particular state.
Does Spray Poison the Bees? — Many
articles have appeared in various pub-
lications generally stating that bees
were poisoned by sprays. Therefore
attention is called to an article in this
issue called "Bees Are Not Poisoned
by Sprays," with the suggestion that
fruitgrowers look into the matter dur-
ing the coming season and determine
for themselves in a definite way
whether their bees are poisoned by
spray or not.
Advertising the Apple. — In this issue
is a very interesting article written by
Mr. Atwood of the McCann Advertising
Agency, a very able man, in reference
to advertising the apple, which should
be read by every apple producer.
Time for Grafting Trees
The question is often asked, "How
late can you graft trees?" This ques-
tion probably can be answered easily
in this way: You can certainly graft
apple and pear trees up to the time
their leaves are as big as squirrel's
ears, and I have heard of cases where
grafting has been done after the leaves
were of full size. However, there is
one thing that must be remembered and
that is that, to do successful grafting,
the scions should be absolutely dormant.
The buds should not have broken. After
the scions have started to grow it is
very hard to make successful unions.
Where a large amount of grafting is to
be done it is better practice to cut the
scions in the middle of the winter, and
stratify them in sand, putting in a layer
of sand, then a layer of scions, and so
on. Keep the sand moist, but not wet,
nor too dry. If it is kept too wet the
buds will drop out and mold, and if it
is too dry they will shrivel up. With
cold storage facilities it is very easy to
keep scions and buds for grafting in
storage for a long time. In the case of
June budding we can keep the scions
on ice until June, so as to hold the buds
dormant.
"The greatest hope of the railways
and the public in the future lies in
intelligent regulation. The railroad,
generally speaking, adds a percentage
to the farmers' prices that is not large."
— Hon. James Wilson, ex-Secretary of
Agriculture.
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Mr. W. F. Gwyn Comments on
the Fruit Growers' Council
The following extract is from an arti-
cle which appeared in the Produce
News as being an interview with Mr.
Gwyn. Mr. Gwyn says: "It is a cause
of sincere congratulation that jingo
ideas were tabled almost unanimously
and that the platform finally adopted is
of a kind to unite growers and selling
factors on a comprehensive construc-
tive program. The personnel of the
Executive Committee and Board of
Control, together with the Shippers'
League to be formed, is additional indi-
cation that the fruit industry of the
Northwest is entering upon a new era.
The result of the three days' conference
at Tacoma is a 'get-together plan' that
meets with our entire approbation.
The Exchange has advised its grower
members through an official bulletin to
rally in enthusiastic support of a regime
which can bring nothing but good to all
sincere workers, whether in the pro-
ducing or distributing ends of the
industry."
Commenting upon the formation of
the Yakima Fruit Sellers, which is a
consolidation of Richey & Gilbert, the
Yakima Horticultural Union and the
Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange, Mr.
Gwyn is reported as saying: "This
merger reduces the number of compet-
ing factors and in this respect is a step
in the right direction." He further
comments: "I have never believed it
possible or profitable to market an over-
whelming percentage of Northwestern
fruit tonnage through any one agency.
Human nature, in growers as in other
people, requires an alternative. At least
two marketing institutions are indis-
pensable to the well being of the North-
western fruit industry, just as the wel-
fare of the country is better served by
two strong political parties than when
one is too long entrenched in power."
Mr. Gwyn regards the launching of
the Yakima Fruit Sellers' announce-
ment as a home selling organization for
the exclusive benefit of the Yakima dis-
trict. That it indicates that a consider-
able number of Yakima growers ser-
iously question the economic soundness
of the central selling agency principle
by creating the Yakima Fruit Sellers, a
local selling agency. Mr. Gwyn says:
"This opens the field for competition
between the home selling agency and
the general selling agency, wherein a
contest will take place for efficiency
and service, with a survival of the con-
cern which gives the grower the best
results." Undoubtedly some interesting
rivalry will take place, but the Ex-
change will play the game fair, and I
anticipate nothing but the same spirit
with Mr. Gilbert and his associates of
the Yakima Fruit Sellers.
"Pop" Rulofson Is Still on Deck
Mr. A. C. Rulofson's legion of friends
among the fruit industries on the Pa-
cific Coast have missed his smiling
countenance and glad hand at the 1914
fruit shows, and many inquiries have
been made as to what has become of
BETTER FRUIT
Page 21
Cutting the High Cost of Plowing
One man who bought a Baby Caterpillar a year ago
writes: "Have sold off all my horses. The 'Baby do es
all the work they did, only cheaper. It surely cuts
the high cost of plowing.
Re5.us.PAt.0ff.
Don 't say Caterpillar unless you mean Holt !
An orchardist writes in glowingly: "I
figure the Baby Caterpillar is cutting
the cost per box quite appreciably. The
'Baby cultivates close up to the trees
without hurting the branches, and turns
right from one row into the next. Also,
since I can cultivate more frequently
than with horses, I am getting a bigger
crop and better fruit than ever before."
Another owner writes: "Three years,
and less than $25.00 for repairs."
\Vhen the owners boil overwith satis-
faction this way we realize more than
ever how good a machine the Baby
really is.
But send for new Baby Bulletin BE
176. It gives more exact figures on horse
and Caterpillar costs of farming.
THE HOLT MFG. CO.
( Incorported)
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Page 22
BETTER FRUIT
April
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Here s the rig thousands of small farmers, orchardists and
vineyardists have been looking for — a dependable, reliable,
efficient, high-pressure power sprayer at small cost. One
man does all the spraying. One horse can haul it anywhere.
Supplies one line of hose and will cover from 2 to 3 acres a
day. This is the first time you have been offered Bean
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him. Mr. Rulofson, early in 1914, went
as a trade commissioner from Califor-
nia to the Orient. On his return last
July he discontinued the handling of
the cement-coated nails that he had
boosted for so many years and took a
well-earned rest. About the first of the
year he was appointed Pacific Coast
sales representative for the Pittsburg
Steel Company, Pittsburg, Pennsyl-
vania. Mr. Rulofson informs us that
they make a complete line of cement-
coated nails that are certainly equal to
any other brand. Mr. Rulofson's friends
will be glad to learn of his continued
activities in the nail business, and will
undoubtedly look forward to meeting
him again at the various gatherings
where fruitmen congregate.
Why Blossomed Fruit Fails
When fruit trees blossom well but do
not set their fruit either the climate,
diseases or pollination is apt to be the
principal reason for failure, as ex-
plained by Professor C. I. Lewis, horti-
culturist of the Oregon Station. These
conditions were present to a greater or
less extent last year and are likely to
occur at any time, for which reason
growers should be on their guard to
lessen the ill effects. Heavy rains at
blossoming time mean, of course, that
bees are not flying and that pollination
would not take place. Or a heavy frost
may occur at about the time the fruit is
in blossom, and this often causes lack
of setting of fruit. Such diseases as
scab of pear or apple and brown rot
of prune and cherry will sometimes
destroy the entire crop. Insect pests
also sometimes are destructive. Lack
of pollination may occur, however,
with none of these unfavorable condi-
tions present. Many of our trees are
self-sterile and require the presence of
Western
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y. Seed
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IF you own an orchard or keep bees
you should have a copy of our
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production of honey.
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BETTER FRUIT
Page 23
You should have
the ACME Cata-
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many other
sprayers, also
powder guns,
planters, fruit-
picking sack, etc.,
shown in our big
Free Catalog.
Any Spray
This light, handy Acme Compressed Air
Sprayer throws any spray material with all the
effectiveness of an engine-driven nun hine.
The air pressure, which can be as high as 60 pounds, drives the
liquid through our spiral non-clogging; nozzle in a whirling, mist-hne
spray. This spiral feature is found only on ACME Sprayers. The nozzle
is of solid brass, does not corrode, cannot clog, because the spiral plunger
cleans the nozzle with every operation. The
ACME CoTirs sed SPRAYER
holds 3}4 gallons and empties on one charge of air. The tank is heavily galvanized,
solidly riveted and well soldered. Air and water tight by actual test.
Seamless brass air pump can be furnished inside as well as out. On request we can
furnish brass extension rod for tree spraying and crooked nozzle for low-lying vines.
This sprayer is almost indispensable to vineyard owners. We made 20,000 for
Roumanian vineyards this year.
If you are not handy to a dealer we will supply you direct. If you are near a
dealer and he happens not to have the ACME Sprayer he will gladly order
for you from one of our Western distributors, listed below:
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Marshall-Wells Hardware Co.. Spokane Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Spokane
Holley & Mason Co , Spokane The Chas. H. Lilly Co., Seattle
Jensen-Kind-Byrd Co., Spokane Poison Implement Co., Seattle
OREGON
Poison Implement Co., Portland Marshall-Wells Hardware Co.. Portland
Portland Seed Co., Portland Mitchell, Lewis & Staver Co., Portland
W the Rockies
ACME Goods are in use on over 400,000 farms.
If you are not acquainted you should send
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POTATO IMPLEMENT CO.
327 Front Street, TRAVERSE CITY, MICH.
other varieties near them if pollina-
tion is to be secured. Lambert, Royal
Ann and Bing cherries are all self-
sterile and powerless to pollinate each
other. Also Gravenstein and Spitzen-
berg apples and the Cornice and Anjou
pears are self-sterile.
Professor Lewis believes that the
trouble with many of the isolated trees
of Portland would be greatly overcome
by having other varieties near them for
pollination. This condition could be
brought about in some instances by
grafting other varieties into some of
the trees or parts of trees. Those who
are interested further in this matter
may receive a copy of a letter on pol-
lination now being prepared by the
horticultural department of the college
by making application. This letter will
be ready in the near future and will
give a list of sterile and fertile varie-
ties and very comprehensive informa-
tion on the subject of pollination.
Trouble of Non-Blooming Trees
It frequently happens that trees ap-
parently healthy and vigorous refuse to
blossom or bear fruit. This, according
to Professor Lewis, chief of the Oregon
Agricultural College Division of Horti-
culture, is generally owing to the
vitality of the trees. "If your trees are
on rich soil," says Professor Lewis, "or
if there is too much manure or irriga-
tion water used you may force them
entirely into wood. This condition
would be apt to be true with many of
our apples, in which case it may be
years before they will bear. Yellow
Newtown, Northern Spy, King of
Tompkins County, and in fact many of
the apple varieties grown in and near
Portland, if taken too good care of and
over-pruned, will not bear, at least not
until they are quite old. The remedy
is to let up on the pruning; to prune
twice a year, distributing the pruning
between the early spring and the
middle of June to the middle of July.
Do not water them too much and go
sparingly on manure. Sometimes these
trees are in chicken yards, where the
ground has been kept quite moist and
is pretty heavily fertilized. Trees un-
der those conditions often do not suc-
ceed. With the cherry trees that bloom
and fail to set, I am almost certain that
the trouble is pollination. The Black
Republican can be grafted into those
trees and will help them to set, or you
can use a special strain of Waterhouse,
which can be secured from Eugene,
which will help these trees to set a
crop."
David Knight of Sawyer, Michigan,
kindly sent this office a very attractive
catalog on strawberries for the year
1915.
The E. J. Chubbuck Co., of San Fran-
cisco, California, whose advertisement
appears in this issue, is offering some-
thing new in the way of a gopher trap.
The Ideal Gopher Trap is the result of
years of experimental work, covering
every known method of exterminating
the gopher pest. The essential features
that make the Ideal a perfect trap are
the enclosing doors or claws that grab
the rodent and pull it into the cage. If
it is a small gopher it will be found in-
side the cage; if a large one it is en-
gaged between the claws. Being round
with thin edges and a trifle larger than
the hole, the gopher walks into the trap
before detecting anything in his run-
way.— [Adv.]
WANTED
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orchard. Good references; mod-
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BETTER FRUIT
April
this 2 unit punt "Qjd Wonders"
Last Summer
Built in Various Sizes
It is the
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It dries "Fancy" Dried Fruit of all kinds in record time, which brings "Fancy"
prices, with low production cost. Mone "just like it." Mone "just as good."
It makes Apples at 8c dry pound worth $15 per green ton. inquire
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Paulhamus Visits Yakima Valley
Mr. W. H. Paulhamus, manager of the
growers' organization recently formed
at Tacoma, spent Friday and Saturday,
the 26th and 27th of February, in the
Yakima Valley. On Friday he addressed
a few of the large districts and on Sat-
urday gave an address in North Yakima.
In every district the attendance was
phenomenal and Paulhamus was en-
thusiastically received. On Saturday
afternoon he addressed the fruit grow-
ers of Yakima Valley in the Armory
building, which seats 2,000 persons.
Every chair was taken, with standing
room only. Mr. J. W. Lavigne, sales
manager for the Price fruit grader, who
stopped off at Hood River for a few
hours, stated he never saw an audience
before in his life that was more enthus-
iastic. Mr. Lavigne said, "The fruit
growers did not applaud Paulhamus,
they cheered him." One large fruit
grower at the meeting, who had
shipped ten cars of high class fruit
independently and received twenty-two
cents per box net, was asked if he
would join the Fruit Growers' Confer-
ence and adopt the Tacoma plan. He
replied, "Do you think I am fool enough
to stay out? I will be there with both
feet." Every fruit grower will be re-
quested to sign the following agree-
ment. This is the agreement in Yakima
Valley that will tie every fruit grower
in that district to the Tacoma plan. It
reads as follows: "We, the undersigned,
fruit growers of Yakima District No.
2, consisting of Yakima, Kittitas, Ben-
ton and Franklin Counties, in the State
of Washington, hereby promise and
agree that we will not market or sell
our fruit products through any selling
agency or dealer who does not affiliate
and continue to work in harmony with
the Fruit Growers' Council of the
States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Montana, through its board of con-
trol and executive committee."
A New Two-Box Apple Crate
Mr. Paulhamus is carrying with him
a new apple crate, which will hold two
boxes. It is claimed that by using this
crate the cost will be 25 cents less than
two boxes of apples packed in the usual
manner. It is believed that this box
will be adopted for marketing our C
grade and cheaper varieties, and will
be the strongest factor that can be
introduced for low grades and cheap
varieties in competition with barrel
apples. The crates are made of veneer.
They are made open, so they can be
nested one inside of another. In this
package the apples will be packed jum-
ble pack and can be put up without
being graded for size or wrapped with
paper. This method of packing, it is
considered, will be satisfactory for low
grade apples and save considerable in
the packing cost. It is estimated that
the crate will cost about 15 cents. Two
apple boxes cost 20 cents; this would
save 5 cents. Two cents saved in the
cost of making, 4 cents in freight, 9
cents in packing, 5 cents in paper, 1
cent in nails, making a total of 26 cents
saved.
In the March edition the names of
some of the delegates to the Tacoma
Convention were omitted, which are as
follows: J. A. Gellatley, Wenatchee;
A. J. Olive, Wenatchee; W. N. Mears,
Okanogan; Wm. Hayden, Wenatchee;
Wra. Yost, Meridan, Idaho; L. C. Titch-
enall, Cashmere, and J. A. Warman,
Peshastin.
LESLIE BUTLER, President Established 1900
TRUMAN BUTLER, Vice President
C. H. VAUGHAN, Cashier
Butler Banking Company
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Capital $100,000.00
4% Interest Paid in our Savings Department
WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO GOOD FARM LOANS
If you have money to loan we will find you good real estate security, or if
you want to borrow we can place your application in good hands, and we
make no charge for this service.
THE OLDEST BANK IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY
LADD & TILTON BANK
Established 1S59 Oldest Bank on the Pacific Coast
PORTLAND, OREGON
Capital $1,000,000.00
Surplus 1,000,000.00
Officers:
W. M. Ladd, President R. S. Howard, Jr., Assistant Cashier
Edward Cookingham, Vice President J. W. Ladd, Assistant Cashier
W. H. Dunckley, Cashier Walter M. Cook, Assistant Cashier
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS AND SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
Accounts of banks, firms, corporations and individuals solicited. Travelers' checks for
sale, and drafts issued available in all countries of Europe.
VVHKN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
19 1 5
BETTER FRUIT
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Rear view
Security Step Joint
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use Security ladders, equipped with
Security steel step-joints. These grow-
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the additional first cost of the Security
would be returned to them, with inter-
est, in the form of better and longer
service. Their neighbors are buying
Securities now.
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and name of the nearest of the 89 dealers.
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when you spray with
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your money back. Guarantee with every pack-
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Fruit Pools in the Yakima
The Yakima County Horticultural
Union has closed a number of pools on
different varieties of fruits, which will
be read by the fruit growers in other
districts with much interest. The pools
on winter apples have not yet been
closed, but the prices realized on early
fall apples and other varieties of fruits,
as indicated in a report rendered, which
is given below, will prove interesting.
Prices realized, net to the union, and
the tonnage handled were:
Peaches — 219,7(54 boxes, all varieties §0.2777
Bartlett Pears — 28,217 boxes Fancy 8908
9,276 boxes "C" grade 53
37,493 boxes average 8007
Apricots — 10,288 boxes 69
Tragedy Prunes — 7,716 boxes 85
Clapps Favorite Pears — 689 boxes Fancy .84
17 boxes "C" grade 57
Flemish Beauty Pears — 918 boxes Fancy .80
326 boxes "C" grade 61
Clairgeau Pears — 189 boxes Fancy 955
172 boxes "C" grade 79
Fall Butter Pears — 445 boxes Fancy 1.00
94 boxes "C" grade 75
Anjou Pears — 118 boxes Extra Fancy... 1.79
500 boxes Fancy 1.55
273 boxes "C" grade 1.28
Winter Nelis Pears — 8,987 boxes Fancy. 1.05
775 boxes "C" grade 80
Transcendent Crabs — 3,080 (pear) boxes .96
Hyslop Crabs — 472 boxes 80
Jonathans — 18,152 boxes Extra Fancy,
4 and 4% 83
14,132 boxes Fancy, 4, 4V2 and 5 66
6,537 boxes "C," 4, 4% and 5 52
General average 725
Grimes Golden — 5,136 boxes Extra Fancy,
4 and 4y2 67
1,632 boxes Fancy, 4, 4% and 5 57
2,880 boxes "C," 4, 4y2 and 5 50
General average 60
Fall Apples, assorted varieties — 16,484
boxes Extra Fancy and Fancy, 4, 4%
and 5 tier 70
"C" Grade Apples — 33,184 boxes, all
varieties and sizes 57
The union's handling charges are 10
cents per box on apples and pears and
5 cents per box on peaches, apricots,
prunes, etc., which must be deducted
from the foregoing prices to ascertain
the prices net to the grower.
All Farm Products Low, As Well As
Apples, Except Wheat and Meat
The following crop report was issued
by the government in February: While
it has not put any extra dollars in the
pockets of the apple growers for the
crop that has been sold at extremely
low prices, it will at least assure them
that the apple grower is not the only
kind of farmer who has had his trou-
bles this year. The report is very in-
teresting and shows the gradual decline
in prices of farm products on the arti-
cles mentioned, such as apples, cabbage,
potatoes, hay, cotton and horses. It is
well worth studying, and careful com-
parison and observation should be made.
From the government report it is evi-
dent that something is wrong with farm-
ing conditions or the methods of mar-
keting the farmers' and fruit growers'
crops. It is up to the fruit growers and
farmers to study the situation and solve
the problem. The following are the
average prices for different products of
the farm for the years 1910 to 1914:
On December 15 — Apples, per bushel:
1914, 67c; 1913, $1.04; 1912, 73c; 1911,
86c; 1910, $1. Cabbage, per cwt.: 1914,
$1.26; 1913, $1.75; 1912, $1.45; 1911,
$1.83; 1910, $1.41. Horses, per head:
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Arsenate of Lead
The widely increasing demand
for our unsurpassed product shows
that quality is now properly appre-
ciated by the expert grower. The
high standard of 16% Arsenic
Oxide, together with great body or
covering power, will be rigidly
maintained in all of our shipments.
ARSENATE OF LEAD
Paste and Powdered.
BORDEAUX MIXTURE
Paste and Powdered.
CAL-ARSENATE
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Paste and PowTdered.
Riches, Pi ver & Co.
NEW YORK
Apple Growers' Association
Hood River, Oregon
PfafiF, Francies & Page
Wenatchee, Washington
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Page 26
BETTER FRUIT
April
The New Era Auto-Irrigator —Works While You Sleep
The thing you have been looking' for — something which will distribute your water
into furrows with a uniform rate of flow and not require your continued attention. It
has been thoroughly tested for two years and its users speak in enthusiastic praise of
its work. The more rough and more difficult your land is to irrigate the more the
advantages of this irrigating device appear. It consists of a canvas hose with apertures
along one side, spaced about 20 inches apart, from which the water escapes into the
furrows. These apertures are fitted with a regulating device to regulate or stop the
flow of water. The hose is tapering in form to conform to the gradually diminishing
volume of water. The standard size is 75 feet long and 6 inches in diameter at large
end, and tapers to 1% inches diameter at small end, which is open. It has a capacity
of about one-half cubic foot of water per second when the water in the ditch is raised
about 8 inches above the level of the land. This will require that your ditch banks be
thrown up a little higher than they generally are at present. The hose is easily and
quickly set in operation by connecting it with a pipe set into the ditch bank. The end
of pipe in the ditch has a cylindrical screen fitted over it to prevent the entrance of
leaves, etc. The hose is light and when one strip of land is irrigated it is easily carried
to the next strip. Where more than one hose is needed they can be used in a series,
according to the number needed. This device will pay for itself in two months' use or
less, besides saving from 20% to 50% in your water and producing better crops by the
uniform application of water, and also preventing your land from washing. For fuller
details send for descriptive circular. Will make a special discount on the first five
Irrigators bought and used in any community. We desire implement dealers to sell this
great labor and water-saving device in every town, or agents to demonstrate and sell it.
Good money for live men. Can be mailed anywhere in the United States by parcel post.
For particulars and prices address
THE AUTO-IRRIGATOR MFG. CO., Box 609, Denver, Col.
A SURE THING INVESTMENT FOR THE FARM
There is no element of chance about using good fertilizer. The
question for you to decide today is "What Fertilizer to Use."
For many years, orchardists and growers of various kinds of crops
have found the special mixtures of
DIAMOND FERTILIZER
to be reliable and satisfactory because they are honestly made, and
sold on the basis of v correct analysis of available elements.
FREE
FERTILIZER
BOOKLET
will give you a better idea of
the kinds of fertilizer we make
and the various blends we sup-
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McWHORTER FERTILIZER DRILL For the simple, superior dis-
tribution of Commercial Fertilizers. Well made, easily operated.
Ask for our general catalog No. 205 for complete description of this
economical, low-priced drill, which you will find an immense saving
to you. It not only prevents waste of fertilizer, but insures even
distribution at the greatest speed.
PORTLAND SEED COMPANY
PORTLAN D,OREGON
1914, $130; 1913, $135; 1912, $139; 1911,
$134; 1910, $141.
On Januarv 15 — Potatoes, per bushel:
1914, 49.7c; 1913, 68.4c; 1912, 50.6c; 1911,
84.5c; 1910, 54.1c. Hay, per ton: 1914,
$11.29; 1913, $12.42; 1912, $11.86; 1911,
$14.85; 1910, $12.24. Cotton, per pound:
1914, 6.6c; 1913, 11.7c; 1912, 12.2c; 1911,
8.4c; 1910, 14.4c.
Prices paid for apples per bushel to
producers in various sections of the
United States on December 15 during
the years 1914 and 1913 are as follows:
Northwest (average), 77%c and $1.10;
New York, 50c and 97c; Virginia, 50c
and 93c; Michigan, 55c and 85c.
British Columbia Fruit Growers
The British Columbia Fruit Grow ers'
Association held its annual meeting in
Agricultural Convention Hall, in the
Parliament building at Victoria, Janu-
ary 26. The meeting was largely at-
tended and the addresses received with
enthusiasm. Many subjects were dis-
cussed by the fruit growers who were
present. The membership has reached
the grand total of 876. In addition to
the fruit growers' problems, Mr. F. W.
Peters was called on, who gave a very
intelligent address in reference to trans-
portation matters. With true British
pride the fruit growers of British Col-
umbia gave Sir Bichard McBride an
enthusiastic welcome when he appeared
before the meeting to address that body.
In his speech he assured all of the
members that the government would
give its most earnest attention to the
various problems connected with the
fruit industry of British Columbia with
a view to bettering their condition in
every way possible.
North Pacific Fruit Distributors Cuts
Salaries
Announcement has been made that
the trustees of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors has made a sweeping re-
duction in salaries from top to bottom
of 20 per cent. When it was found that
the income from the tonnage was not
sufficient to pay the overhead expenses
and salaries of the officials and em-
ployes for the years 1914-15 the trustees
decided to reduce expenses in order to
meet the situation by reducing every
possible expense and cutting salaries.
This is a move in the right direction
and such a step will certainly be appre-
ciated by the many fruit growers who
are shipping through this organization.
The grower has troubles with his own
expenses and low prices and therefore
has been compelled to economize in
every way possible, consequently it will
afford the grower considerable satisfac-
tion to know that the marketing con-
cerns are endeavoring to economize.
The twenty-fourth annual report of
the Experiment Station of Washington
State College, Pullman, issued by the
director, is very instructive, interest-
ing and original. It is a testimonial
indicating the excellent work and pro-
ceedings on the part of the Station.
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
19 1 5
Buy It Now
Say,
Do you remember when you were
a kid,
How they used to tell you
About throwing a pebble into a pond.
And how it made a ripple
That went on, and on, and on, and on
Until it reached the distant shore,
Or something like that?
And when you got big enough
You went to the minstrel show
And saw the end man
And the middle man
Show how a quarter of a dollar
Paid off ten dollars' worth of debts
In about five minutes,
By passing from Tambo to Bones,
And from Bones to Bastus,
And from Bastus to Ephraim
And from Ephraim to Lijah,
And so on around the half circle?
And then, when you were sent up
To college,
The high-brow Professor
Tried to explain the same thing?
You remember?
Well,
This is no talk on Political Economy
Or anything like that;
It's just a gentle hint
To the effect that Bight Now
Is a good time for you
To start a little ripple of your own,
A good time
To start your dollars
Moving around the circle.
Pay off your debts.
Buy what you need,
And buy it now.
Get things started.
Put money in circulation.
That's good sense,
And patriotism,
And good business.
Every ripple in the pond,
No matter how small,
Helps break the stagnation.
Get busy
And make a splash.
"Buy it now"
And get your money back.
— Marco Morrow in the Topeka
Daily Capital.
Yakima to Have a Cannery
The American-Hawaiian Fruit Can-
ning Company, it is stated, will let the
contract for a building 80x100 feet, to
cost about $10,000, and having a capa-
city of 2,000 cases per day. This an-
nouncement has been made by Mr.
Frank P. Zelt. It is stated that Mr. Zelt
will remain in North Yakima for the
purpose of superintending the construc-
tion and preparing the plant for active
operation. In addition to canning fruit
it is stated that the cannery will put up
many kinds of vegetables, such as
asparagus, rhubarb, beans, pumpkin,
peas, corn and spinach, and also all
kinds of small fruits. Mr. Zelt, who
was formerly an employe of the Cali-
fornia Fruit Canners' Association, has
spent thirty years in the canning and
preserving business. It is generally
understood he will take the manage-
ment in connection with the cannery.
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DISTINCTIVE AND ARTISTIC DESIGNS FURNISHED
THE SIMPSON I DDELLEH COMPANY
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E.SHELLEY MORGAN. N.W. MANAGER. pggg^°- j—
SIGN UP
Mr. Grower:
If you think-
all sellers will make the same returns beginning with the
1915 crop, or it makes no difference who or which sells your
fruit hereafter —
you may be sorry.
The Growers' Council is not going to make efficient sellers
out of weak ones. It is simply going to make it plainer than
ever before which are weak and which are strong. It's up to
you to help the situation. Prove yourself a true co-operator
by selecting a reliable selling agency and signing up your
crop early. Do it now!
Northwestern Fruit Exchange
Stuart Building, SEATTLE, WASH. ^
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Write for Portland Hotel Booklet Geo. C. Ober, Manager
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
Page 28
BETTER FRUIT
April
Orenco Prune Trees
Cheap
Myrtle Creek. Oregon, November 26, 1914.
I feel like saying a few words to you on pafer In
regard to my Italian Prune trees. 1 am more than
pleased with them. Really they are better than I
expected. I cannot speak too much in praise of
your company for such good trees. They are of good
size, good height and good roots. Everyone that I
talked with that ordered from you is well pleased.
(Signed) J. A. Copeland.
"ORENCO TREES" are universally
known for their high standard of quality,
and particular planters prefer to buy
where they can depend upon quality,
reliability and satisfaction. When you
want really good trees at right prices,
you can't do better than with us. Try it.
Oregon Nursery Company
ORENCO, OREGON
SUCCESSFUL salesmen wanted.
deaux mixture (6-6-50) is the best spray
to use, but if scale or peach twig miner
are present, commercial lime-sulphur
(1-12) is recommended. The right time
of year for application is while the
buds are swelling, but before any of the
tender green leaf tips begin to emerge.
It is better to spray early than even a
few days late. About the last of Feb-
ruary or the first of March will be
about right in the Willamette Valley.
The spray must be applied so as to
cover all the buds thoroughly. This
will require an outfit giving good pres-
sure. A good nozzle is necessary and a
great deal of care must be observed.
If the job is well done, however, and at
the right time, the leaf curl will be
eradicated. Failure will probably come
if the recommendations regarding time
and method of application given above
are not rigidly adhered to.
It is also stated that it is the intention
of the company to operate an evapor-
ator for the purpose of evaporating
apples.
Bordeaux Mixture
Peach leaf curl may be controlled by
spraying at the right time of year. Bor-
The Oregon Agricultural College,
Corvallis, have issued a very interest-
ing and complete bulletin, which is
"A Beport of the Hood Biver Branch
Experiment Station." The same can
be obtained on application by address-
ing "The Director of the Experiment
Station, Corvallis, Ore."
The New Low -Down Orchard Rake
The Only Rake that Rakes Under Bearing Trees
DESIGNED for the harvesting of cover crops in the orchard, this imple-
ment should be investigated by you. See it at any P. & 0. Agency or
write to us for descriptive literature.
Built so low that the branches will be free from interference;
driver's seat at one side, well out of the way; rake 9 feet long,
allowing of good sweep under trees; strong enough for heavy
alfalfa and clover crops; made of steel and malleable; wheels
26 inches in diameter, provided with shields to prevent branches
catching between axle and wheels; also shields in body of the
wheels, to prevent hay from falling into wheels; hand lift, pro-
vided with spring of proper tension to raise teeth easily.
Designed by a practical orchardist and sold at a price which enables it to pay
for itself in tree damage, time and hay saved. Write for Circular 10.
Since 1842, the name of PARLIN & ORENDORFF PLOW COMPANY has stood
lor good implements, honestly made. Through our many agents, we insure you
good service, wherever you are.
PARLIN & ORENDORFF PLOW COMPANY
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Agents throughout the Northwest
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Hundreds of fruit growers are turning
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Our service Department helps
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Seneca Falls. N.Y.
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Fruit and Ornamental
ROSES, SHRUBBERY, Etc.
Send for Catalog and Prices
Yakima & Columbia River
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North Yakima
Washington
Ideal
Gopher
Only Trap guaranteed JL J| d- LF
to catch large or small *
gopher. Being round with thin edges gopher
walks into trap before detecting anything in
runway. Positive grip. Jaws always hold. 100
per cent efficient— catches gopher every time.
Far safer and surer than poisons or gas. Farm-
ers say it's worth dozen other makes. Price 50c.
If your dealer can't supply you, will be sent post-
paid on receipt of 60c; two trapsforfl.lO; six for
$3.00. Money back if not satisfied.
E. J. CHUBBUCK CO.
Dept. C
731 Market Street SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
Automatic
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Alarm
Infallible; accurate; better
and ten times cheaper than
an alarm thermometer.Will
give the fruit "rower a time-
ly warning ot approaching
frost. Can beset to ring bell
at auy tern perature desired.
Price $4.00 complete.
The ANTI-FROST STOVE CO.
621 Main Street, CINCINNATI, OHIO
The Value of a Cannery Pay Roll
It is stated that the pay roll of the
Northern Pacific car shops in the city
of Tacoma during the biggest month in
1914 was -$68,000. The Puyallup-Sumner
cannery, under the management of Mr.
W. H. Paulhamus, had a pay roll of
.$238,000 during the biggest month of
the season of 1914. Every fruit district
ought to have a cannery. The pay roll
would be a big factor in the prosperity
of every fruit growing community. It
would help all kinds of business and
afford employment for many people,
giving them an opportunity to earn
extra money during the canning season.
Every fruit growing section ought to
have a cannery, evaporator, vinegar
plant or cider mill. Some fruit sections
ought to have all of these, and our com-
ment is that it is too bad that each dis-
trict in addition cannot have Paulhamus
to manage its cannery.
Adopts New Organization Plan
At the annual meeting of the Wenatchee
Valley Fruit Growers' Association, after
the Seattle Convention, the plan of the
Fruit Growers' Council as originally
outlined at Seattle was presented to the
meeting and was received with such
satisfaction that it was endorsed by this
association. This speaks well for the
new movement. If the Wenatchee Val-
ley Fruit Growers' Association was so
well satisfied with the Seattle plan as to
adopt it they will be much better satis-
fied with the Tacoma plan, which with-
out question means its adoption by this
association.
The Western Fruit Jobbers
The eleventh annual convention of
the Western Fruit Jobbers, held in Los
Angeles the third week in February,
was the most successful and the largest
meeting ever held by this organization.
Memphis, Tennessee, was selected as
the next convention city. The enter-
tainment committee of Los Angeles
spent $25,000 in entertaining the West-
ern Fruit Jobbers' Association.
Orange Growers Get Low Prices
It is stated that orange growers have
been hit hard, if not harder than the
apple growers of the Northwest, by low
prices. Orange growers in Florida who
refused 60 cents per box on the trees,
is it stated, now are unable to obtain
30 cents. One Florida grower made a
consignment of 206 boxes, for which he
received .$15.50. He figures his actual
loss on the shipment at $134.50.
"The railroad is our common high
road; it is not a luxury; it is not a
concern in which the farmer and the
manufacturer alone are interested; it is
an essential to the commercial life of
our people, almost as necessary as the
land itself. If we have too few rail-
roads, giving meager service and fol-
lowing the false policy of exacting high
tolls, the nation's growth will be by
so much retarded." — Hon. Franklin K.
Lane, Secretary of the Interior.
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PORTLAND, OREGON
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ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND
European Receivers of American Fruits
Eldest and First-Class
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Cable Address: W. "Vandiem
ABC Code used; 5th Edition
Our Specialties are
Apples, Pears, Navel Oranges
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BETTER FRUIT
April
White Salmon Valley Fruit Growers'
Union
At their annual meeting the White
Salmon Valley Fruit Growers' Union
elected Mr. A. B. Groshong president,
Mr. F. S. Baker vice president and Mr.
F. O. Charles secretary. The other
members on the board are Mr. John B.
Humphrey, Mr. B. Burdick and Mr. H. C.
Lowden.
Puyallup and Sumner Fruit Growers'
Association
Under the management of Mr. W. H.
Paulhamus the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers' Association put up an
output in the cannery of fourteen train-
loads of twenty cars each. When Mr.
Paulhamus started the association had
a capital of $2,500. There is now a
surplus of .$100,000.
Those farmers who make
careful and intelligent
study of tillage methods
know that they can pul-
verize their soil finer, cov-
er more acres, and make
more money by using
Disk Harrows and Plows
If you have not yet obtained the facts
about Cutaway (Clark) tools, go at
once to your dealer and ask him about
them. If he doesn't sell Cutaway
(Clark) farm implements write us for
catalog and prices. We ship direct where
we have no agent. In our catalog you will
6nd just the style machine for your needs—
and more — you'll find just the size for the
power you have. It seldom costs you
more to buy a Cutaway (Clark)
machine — a machine especially built for
intensive tillage — than it does to buy an
ordinary tool.
If your dealer doesn't have in
stock what you want he or you
can get it quick from the factory
THE CUTAWAY HARROW COMPANY
Maker of the original CLARK disk harrows and plows
940 Main Street Higganum, Conn.
IT pays TO spray
M MYERS WAY "
Take care of your fruit trees — They are a wonderful source
of profit — Every tree in your yard or orchard should pay divi-
dends in perfect fruit through protection by spraying MYERS
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for whitewashing, disinfecting, sprinkling, fighting fires, etc
Our Spray Catalog — just oft the press — shows complete line, and
gives late Spray Calendar with instructions How and When to Spray
Your copy is waiting — write today for it and ask for name of our dealer
F, E, MYERS & BRO 120 Orange St. Ashland, OHIO
Pumps-Hay Tools- Door.Hangers
RED CROWN
the Gasoline ofQualiiy
is refinery gasoline— every drop.
It[s the best gasoline the Standard
Oil Company can make. Dealers
everywhere.
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( California)
Portland
Burpee's Seeds Grow
THE truth of this famous slogan is proved by thousands of pleased and
permanent customers. The Burpee Idea of Quality First — "to give rather
than to get all that is possible" — combined with efficient service, has built the
world's greatest mail order seed business. We deliver seeds free by parce] post,
and have not advanced prices because cf the war. Write today for Burpee's
Annual, the "Leading American Seed Catalog" for 1915. It is mailed free.
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At San Francisco and San Diego, which permit stop-overs at all
points in either direction, are now on sale at greatly reduced rates
via the
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Three Fine Trains Daily
Stop-Overs on One-Way Tickets
Ten days' stop-over will be allowed at San Francisco and Los Angeles on
one-way tickets sold to Eastern Cities when routed via the Southern Pacific.
"California and It's Two World Expositions"
A new booklet describing the trip from Portland to San Diego including
the two Expositions, the scenic beauties of Oregon, the Siskiyous, Shasta
Mountains, San Francisco, the beach and outing resorts of California.
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John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
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IN OUR ENTERPRISE
4178 Acres
ALL IN APPLES
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All are one, two and three years
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We are now offering our one year
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We give five years', from date of
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unlike others in the feature of stay-
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care period. Our plans make our in-
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for the interest of all.
Our Booklet will give you a simple
statement of our dealings and meth-
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DUFUR ORCHARD COMPANY
Northwestern Bank Building
Portland, Oregon
First
National
Bank
Hood River, Oregon
Capital and Surplus
$135,000
4% Interest Paid on Savings
and Term Deposits
F. S. STANLEY, President
E. 0. BLANCHAR, Cashier
Annual Report of the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruit Growers' Association
The Puvallup and Sumner Fruit Growers' Association was incorporated under
the laws of the State of Washington March 22, 1902, with a capital stock of $2,000.
It is conducted entirely along co-operative lines, with a membership of more than
1,600 hundred growers, and has canneries with a floor space of more than 125,000
square feet at both Puyallup and Sumner, in the Puyallup Valley, Washington,
between Seattle and Tacoma, on the main lines of the Northern Pacific, Great
Northern, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and Oregon-Washington railways.
Financial condition at close of business December 31, 1914, was as follows:
Capital stock $ 2,503.00
Surplus December 31, 1913 $ 79,004.57
Net earnings during 1914 25,406.93
Surplus December 31, 1914 §104,411.50
•Less depreciation on equipment account authorized by Directors 4,411.50
Leaving net surplus December 31, 1914 100,000.00
Capital and surplus December 31, 1914 §102,503.00
Fire insurance (in best companies) §288,500.00
Accident insurance, covering boiler accidents 25,000.00
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Cash on hand January 1, 1914 § 23,910.31
Total cash receipts year 1914 1,128,676.12
§1,152.586.43
Total checks issued year 1914 1,123,684.78
Cash on hand January 1, 1915 § 28,901.65
Total receipts shown above do not include transportation paid on shipments at receiving end,
estimated at §200,000, making a total year's business of considerably over §1,300,000.
ASSETS
Cash in banks § 28,641.37
Cash in office 260.28
Accounts receivable 50,920.56
About §34,000 of the above total is covered by sights drafts against
bills of lading on canned goods en route.
Merchandise, consisting of corn, wheat, oats, hay, bran, shorts, flour, etc. . 19,121.48
Fruits in cans and barrels, part of which is sold but undelivered, includ-
ing also empty cans, cases, barrels, labels, etc 156,594.99
Total liquid assets §255,538.68
Puyallup canning plant §47,079.10
Machinery and equipment, Puyallup 15,606.81
Total Puyallup plant 62,685.91
Sumner canning plant §12,718.92
Machinery and equipment, Sumner 5,361.13
Total Sumner plant 18,080.05
Feed store equipment, Puyallup §2,209.66
Feed store equipment, Sumner 630.93
Total equipment, both stores 2,840.59
Insurance paid in advance 1,875.80
Total assets $341,021.03
LIABILITIES
Money borrowed from banks §60,000.00
Deposits of members 68,548.59
Accounts payable 15,216.03
Express certificates 666.08
Interest accrued and unpaid 2,412.28
Total liquid liabilities §146,842.98
Capital $ 2,503.00
Surplus, December 31, 1913 §79,004.57
Net earnings, 1914 25,406.93 104,411.50
tTotal capital and surplus 106,914.50
Estimated disbursements to members when all goods are sold 87,263.55
Total liabilities §341,021.03
SUMMARY
Liquid assets §255,538.68
Liquid liabilities 146,842.98
Luiquid assets in excess of liabilities : §108,695.70
Liquid liabilities §146,842.98
Cash on hand 28,901.65
Showing 20^ of liquid liabilities on hand in cash, equal to bank requirements.
*The Directors voted to charge off to depreciation from equipment account sum of §4,411.50,
leaving a net surplus of §100,000.
fFrom the surplus shown must be deducted the undetermined earnings due H. A. Baker in
the barrel department for the years 1912 and 1913, based upon the profits derived from fruit in
barrels when all is sold, which the books show to be nothing.
Stark Bros. Nursery of Louisiana,
Missouri, is mailing out its new catalog,
which is very attractive, showing a cut
on the cover of the Delicious apple.
The California State Committee of
Horticulture is mailing out a very in-
teresting and instructive booklet on
"Apple Growing in California."
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BETTER FRUIT
April
HAMILTON^ MADE
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WILL SPRAY YOUR TREES FOR
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pieces coupled, or ^-inch STERLING WORTH
Reel Spray Hose in 500-foot lengths.
Either grade will stand 600 lbs. test and will
be satisfactory for any power or hand sprayer.
$15.00 for 100 feet. Cash with order.
Freight paid to your station. Shipped direct
from factory the day the order is received.
HAMILTON RUBBER MFG. CO.
TRENTON, N. J.
: any wagon a spring wagon. PreTent~
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cost — produce brings more— wagon lasts longer.
MADE LIKE FINEST AUTO SPRINGS
Very resilient and durable. The standard springs o!
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Central Selling Agency, Etc.
Continued from page 12
lows: 1. All fruit shall be graded and
packed under uniform grading rules
and careful and uniform inspection. It
is desired and agreed that Extra Fancy,
Fancy and C grade, or whatever names
used shall have the same meaning in
the rules of our respective organiza-
tions, and that all fruit to be handled
shall reasonably conform thereto. 2. It
is agreed that our handling contracts
with growers shall be uniform in pro-
visions except as may be mutually satis-
factory to all parties hereto. It is un-
derstood each organization going into
the central selling agency shall finance
its own members or clients and render
account sales to them direct in the
same manner as at present. 3. It is
agreed that all fruit shall be handled at
an estimated cost per car of not to ex-
ceed thirty dollars, and that any sur-
plus accruing shall be rebated to our
respective organizations in proportion
to the amount and variety of fruit
shipped. 4. It is agreed, as a general
policy, that the central organization
shall handle all fruit as agents for
growers, not buying except to fill orders
and steady the market. 5. It is under-
stood and desired that each organiza-
tion shall be equally benefited by the
central selling organization and all
policies shall be adopted with that end
in view."
Appeal for Co-operation
By W. H. Paulhamus, Chairman of the Northwest
By-Products Committee of Ten.
THE development and progress of the
fresh-fruit industry is such that
there is positive evidence that canner-
ies, evaporators and other by-product
factories are not only a necessity but
that they will be established in large
numbers in the Northwest during the
next two years. There is need for
many of such institutions in the fruit
districts of the Northwest in order to
maintain the fruit business on a sound
business basis. Unless these plants are
controlled most of them will be started
wrong and many will be badly man-
aged; many will be organized where
there is not sufficient need and the re-
sult will be failures with unnecessary
loss of money, time and work. If they
are not properly organized the markets
will be demoralized, and if not prop-
erly managed in the selling end of the
business low prices will prevail and the
injury be serious to the fruit indus-
try. The Northwest By-Product Board
believes that its function is just as
much to help control the situation as to
help communities start plants for the
purpose of taking care of their surplus.
In this work the by-product committee
wishes the help and co-operation of
every existing cannery, evaporator,
fruit packer or any kind of a plant for
any by-products. This by-product in-
dustry should be organized as thor-
oughly as possible for the purpose of
establishing standard packs, reasonable,
uniform prices and work co-operatively
for the purpose of reaching out for new
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CONKETS gives them
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CON KEY'S WHITE DIARRHEA REMEDY
in the drinking water from the start, may save many
of your chicks. 25c. and 50c. Send 4c. in stamps
forConkey' b Poultry Book. Worth dollars to any poultry
owner. THE G. E. CONKEY CO.
Ill Conkey Building, Cleveland, O.
HOME CAHNERS
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Inside door trim 60c
Cottage front windows $2.50
5-cross-panel doors, 15
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Cottajje front doors. . . 2.45
3-pl y fir veneer doors . . 2.00
Craftsman doors 1.50
Outside door frames . . 1.25
Inside door frames 75
"Window frames 1.00
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Bungalow sash 56c up
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markets. When this is done the in-
dustry will be stabilized and the com-
mittee can work with the fruit-product
plants toward helping take care of the
surplus of fresh fruit in districts where
it would otherwise go to waste. Many
districts are probably not ready for
plants for the reason that the volume
is not sufficient. Through organization
this industry can work with the rail-
roads to secure proper rates, both by
express and freight, for fruit that will
permit assembling of the output from
communities where the tonnage is not
sufficient to load out in car lots. It is
the intention of the committee to help
any districts where there is not a vol-
ume sufficient for a plant; for the pur-
pose of helping to promote the organ-
izing necessary for the buying and
financing of such plants. The commit-
tee believes that, with the organization
of all existing plants, it can do a great
deal toward controlling the situation.
The subject of by-products has been
discussed with the growers by the by-
products committee in several sections
and several conferences have been held.
It is expected that others will follow in
the near future. The committee wishes
those who are interested give the mat-
ter consideration and express their
views fully and frankly, either person-
ally to the members of the by-product
committee or by correspondence to the
manager, Mr. W. H. Paulhamus, whose
address is Puyallup, Washington.
The proceedings of the fourth annual
meeting of the California Association
of Nurserymen, which was held in San
Diego, October 15th, edited and com-
piled by Henry W. Kruckeberger, is
being mailed out to nurserymen.
A. R. Weston & Co., Bridgman, Michi-
gan, kindly sent this office their annual
catalog. This catalog is devoted to
strawberries, blackberries, dewberries
and grapes. The color work on the
cover page is very attractive.
Fruitgrowers and alfalfa farmers at
this season driven with spring work,
hardly finding any day long enough to
accomplish even a measure of their
pressing tasks connected with orchard
and field work, are apt to forget the
existence of an active, perisistent
enemy, sleepless and industrious. The
squirrel or gopher, native to the North-
west, is one of the most destructive
agents the agriculturist has to contend
with. Valuable trees are destroyed,
alfalfa fields are often ruined, mounds
of earth are raised, which interfere
with the cutting, irrigation ditches are
undermined and damage amounting to
millions of dollars in the aggregate en-
sues. Every effort should be put forth
at this season to destroy them. Guns
and traps are effective but expensive,
in the time they require. Vaccines or
virus are of doubtful effect; an efficient
poison, preferably a strychnine-coated
grain of reliable make, if placed in the
burrows of the pests, will accomplish
quicker, better and more effective re-
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moments' time. — [Adv.]
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Page 34
BETTER FRUIT
April
J.I4CASE«
PLOy-WpRKS
All CASE Plows are
GOOD Plows
but we have had a plow made
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Hie J. I. CASE VINEYARD PLOW
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with steel handles that are provided with swivel so
that the plow can be operated close to the trees or
vines without inconvenience to the operator. Has a
side chain attachment which enables the hitch to be
shifted 7 inches to either side of the center point of
the beam. If there is no Case Agent near you a
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on the J. I. Case Vineyard Plow.
We carry a full line of
FRUIT GROWERS' TOOLS
Cutaway Harrows, Planet Jr. Garden Tools, Light
Draft Harrows, Orchard Trucks, Hand Carts, Spray
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LOOK! MR. FRUITGROWER
One of your choice trees is Dying! Why? Gophers!
Yes, it's one of those Pocket Gophers taking S S S out
of your pocket. Protect your trees and save those
8 8 8 by using the
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If set by the directions and with judgment it will get
the gopher and you will get the returns from that tree
and others. If your dealer doesn't have the traps,
write us at once. Sample trap postpaid 85c.
Manufactured by
W. C. EMMERSON & CO.
forest grove, Oregon
MACABEE
GOPHER
TRAP
sat*- SMALL, SIMPLE, SURE
At all dealers. If your dealer does not
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In larger quantities delivered free by
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Manufactured by
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Black Leaf "40" Spraying, Etc.
Continued from page 9
aphis-control work difficult. Several
experiment stations recommend dilu-
tions of "Black Leaf 40" for aphis,
varying from 1 part in 800 of water for
woolly aphis to 1 part in from 900 to
1200 for the green and purple or rosy
aphis.
Treatment for woolly aphis: In set-
ting out new orchards, spray all nur-
sery stock thoroughly, roots and tops,
with "Black Leaf 40" one to 800 plus
soap (1 pint to 100 gallons of water plus
3 to 4 pounds of soap). For woolly
aphis on the tops spray with "Black
Leaf 40" diluted 1 to 800 plus soap (1
pint "Black Leaf 40" plus 3 to 4 pounds
of soap to 100 gallons of water), using
a pressure of 200 to 250 pounds. For
treating woolly aphis on the roots we
suggest that the soil be removed from
around the trees, sufficiently exposing
the infested area to enable the spray to
permeate the soil and reach the insects
so as to thoroughly wet them. Spray
with the same solution that is recom-
mended for use on the tops. Use a
coarse stream and apply spray liberally.
Don't wait until after the buds have
opened before applying your first spray
for aphis. Don't wait till the leaves
have curled in making later applica-
tions. Don't omit the soap when
spraying with "Black Leaf 40" uncom-
bined with bordeaux, lime-sulphur or
arsenate of lead. Don't forget that
thoroughness is half the secret of suc-
cess in spraying for aphis.
Combination sprays: In spraying for
several pests occurring at about the
same time, the matter of combining
sprays is one of importance and one in
which a considerable saving may be
effected. "Black Leaf 40," used alone,
will be effective not only against aphis,
but also for red spider, apple tingis,
apple-leaf hopper and apple red bug.
"Black Leaf 40" may be combined with
lime-sulphur when used for San Jose
scale (when bud tips show green),
apple scab, moss, lichens, etc. Iron
sulphide when used for apple mildew.
Bordeaux mixture when used for apple
scab and other fungus diseases. Arse-
nate of lead or arsenite of zinc when
used for codling moth, bud moth, tent
caterpillars, etc. When using "Black
Leaf 40" with lime-sulphur, bordeaux
mixture or arsenate of lead omit the
soap.
Life Histories. — The four more im-
portant species of aphis that attack the
apple are tabulated below:
Green apple - aphis (aphis pomi).
Eggs laid at base of buds and on twigs
in late fall; attacks buds, young leaves
and blossoms. Also attacks pear, haw-
thorn and quince.
Rosy, brown or purple apple-aphis
(aphis sorbi). Eggs laid on trunks and
larger branches in fall; attacks leaves,
tender shoots and fruit clusters.
Woolly apple-aphis (schizoneura lan-
igera). Eggs laid on elm in fall; at-
tacks roots, trunks, branches and twigs.
European grain-aphis (siphocoryne
avenae). Eggs laid on apple and pear
trees in fall; attacks foliage. Also at-
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131 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Established 1847
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Frank L. Ripley
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WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
W5
BETTER FRUIT
Page 35
tacks pear, grains, grasses and haw-
thorn.
Green Apple-Aphis. — When growth
starts in the spring the minute, shiny
black eggs of the green apple-aphis
hatch. All the eggs are hatched gener-
ally before the buds have opened. The
young green plant lice congregate on
the green bud tips and first leaves.
These plant lice produce living young
and the increase in number is very
rapid as the leaves and blossoms ap-
pear, upon which hundreds of aphis
may be seen feeding. The early gen-
erations of the green apple-aphis are
wingless. Winged individuals begin to
appear at the beginning of summer and
the infestation spreads from branch to
branch, tree to tree and orchard to
orchard. At the approach of cold
weather eggs are laid on young twigs
and at the base of the buds, and there
they remain throughout the winter un-
til the warmth of spring causes the
eggs to hatch and the young plant lice
to start the seasonal histories all over
again.
The Rosy, Brown or Purple Apple-
Aphis. — The young of this species hatch
generally later than those of the green
apple-aphis and attack the early leaves,
As their popular names imply, they are
of several shades of red. These aphids
are particularly noticeable on the
leaves around the fruit clusters. Curled
leaves and distorted fruit show the
presence and work of this species.
After midsummer the rosy aphis dis-
appears from the trees and reappears
in the fall. The eggs are laid on the
trunk and older growth and are not
generally as plentiful as the eggs of the
green apple-aphis. The rosy apple-
aphis passes the winter in the egg
stage and hatches in the spring as the
buds are opening. The Oregon Experi-
ment Station carried on some experi-
ments in the control of this aphis and
found that "Black Leaf 40" was ef-
fective used alone or combined with
lime-sulphur. Lime-sulphur, used alone
at a winter dilution of 1 to 10, failed
to have any effect on the aphis. Do
not wait until the leaves are curled
before spraying for this aphis.
The Woolly Apple-Aphis. — This aphis
when grown is covered with a white,
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HOOD RIVER, OREGON DUFUR, OREGON
Growers of high grade nursery stock, gnar-
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What will if cost Yout
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For Aphis ?
APHIS INJURED
PERFECT
The U. S.Dep'tof Agric. Says $30,000,000
is the annual damage done to the American fruit crop by insects.
Aphis causes a considerable part of this loss and the standard in-
secticide recommended by experiment stations and spraying ex-
perts for this and many other orchard pests is
"BLACK LEAF 40"
Guaranteed to contain 40% Nicotine
"BLACK LEAF 40" is not recom-
mended for all insects ; but for
Aphis, Pear Psyla, Hop Louse,
and many other soft-bodied suck-
ing insects it has proven to be a
highly effective and a very eco-
nomical insecticide.
THIS IS THE TIME TO SPRAY
for App'e Aphis— just as the leaf
buds show green. Don't delay
till the foliage gives the Aphis
protection. Use "BLACK LEAF
40" when buds are like the one
shown in this picture. Write us
for Apple Aphis Bulletin.
LET US HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR ORCHARD
If your dealer will not. supply you with "Black Leaf 40", send us P. O. Money Order for
$2.50 and we will send you, express prepaid, a 2 pound can that will make 200 gallons of
etfective spraying solution. If you are in doubt about the insecticide you need, write us,
send specimens, or give descriptions of your insect enemies and we will help you to find
the proper insecticide.
KENTUCKY TOBACCO PRODUCT CO. Dept. C Louisville, Ky.
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Phone 5634 Route No. 3, Box 227 HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Plantation four miles southwest of station, B«lmont Road
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Page 36
BETTER FRUIT
April
Prepared with the
ACHG Pulverizing Harrow
AFTER plowing sod or stubble, it must be worked down thoroughly and
pulverized. Sods, clods and lumps must be broken up; air spaces
and voids worked out and filled to insure a good seed bed that will is
give BETTER CROPS. Make available the plant food in \\
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GIANT
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Should return irom $1,000 to $1,500 per acre
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ist, Pasadena, California.
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Portland
The returns from
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depend upon quantity and
the size of the berries.
Beaver Brand Animal Fertilizers
"A Fertilizer for Every Crop"
supplies your land with the constituent elements
necessary to grow better and larger quantities of fruit.
Our Beaver Brand "D" Animal Fertilizer
is prepared especially for strawberry and fruit growers.
Send for fertilizer booklet F37. Contains information of value .
UNION MEAT COMPANY
North Portland, Oregon ,P
woolly material, which is very notice-
able and gives the popular name to this
species. This aphis is the only one in-
festing the apple that attacks the roots
in addition to the parts above ground.
The damage caused by this insect has
been so widely recognized, particularly
on nursery stock and young trees, that
several states have passed laws against
its introduction into or toleration with-
in the state. The woolly apple-aphis,
unlike the green and rosy apple-aphis,
prefers the bark to the foliage or fruit.
The roots, trunk, branches and twigs
are attacked. Small blisler-like swell-
ings are caused on the parts attacked;
this does not always occur, however,
on the twigs. Roots may be so covered
with these growths as to cause the
death of young trees. Infested twigs
sometimes crack, giving entrance to
fungus spores and bacterial diseases.
In the spring the plant lice that have
spent the winter in cracks of the bark
or in wounds become active and attack
new, tender bark on young or old parts
of the tree. Some of the individuals
that have passed the winter at the base
of the tree or on the roots will like-
wise move to the parts of the tree above
ground and assist in the attack. Many
of the plant lice on the roots remain
there the year round.
A Sure Way to Keep Your Tobacco
Supply Always Fresh and Pipe-fit
Used to be that a man had to contend
with smoking dried-out tobacco that
burned like firebrands and seared the
everlasting lining out of his mouth, but
not so today. Now he can keep his
supply just as fresh and fragrant a
month or more afterward as it was the
day he got it.
A fine scheme to keep the goodness
in the tobacco from first to last pipeful
has been hit upon by the R. J. Reynolds
Tobacco Company, of Winston-Salem,
North Carolina, the makers of Prince
Albert tobacco. It's a crystal glass
humidor with a removable top held on
by a patented band that makes it air-
tight. There's a sponge in the top to
keep the tobacco always pipe-fit. The
makers pack a pound of Prince Albert
in this container and you can buy one
at almost every store that sells tobacco.
Almost every smoker this side of the
Gulf has seen or heard something about
Prince Albert. It's known all over the
States as "the national joy-smoke," be-
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hard as he likes without ever having
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Simply doesn't nip, that's all. Had its
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At present, a series of quaint and in-
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i9i 5
BETTER FRUIT
Page 37
Spraying Economy, Etc.
Continued from page 8
get along without at least applying two
sprays for the codling moth. In some
years good results are secured without
the third spray, yet there is little ques-
tion but that the third spray for the
codling moth will more than pay for
itself, and especially if there were
many worms the previous season.
Often the grower who is accustomed
to omitting the third spray is con-
fronted with the appearance of stings
and blemishes on his apples late in Ihe
summer, and which necessitates culling
severely. Our own experiments during
the summer of 1914 gave from 5 to 1.5
per cent wormy fruit with the three
sprays applied thoroughly and to trees
which bore a high per cent of wormy
fruit in 1913.
Selecting the Spray. — There are many
different brands of spray materials on
the market. Consequently the grower
has a wide latitude from which to
choose his spray. Moreover, we see
every year an increasing number of
new sprays on the market, and which
undoubtedly have merit. These should
be encouraged if they give any better
results or possess marked advantages
over the old and tried sprays. It would
be better, however, for the first year to
try out the new spray on a moderate
scale and check it up with the older
spray. Growers are often inclined to
blame the spray material for their lack
of success, even when the thorough-
ness of application has been neglected,
either with or without the owner's
knowledge.
In choosing a spray, its past record
should be the point most emphasized,
whether secured by the prospective
purchaser or by someone in whom he
has confidence. It is also well to give
a spray credit for being all right until
the contrary is proved. One should not
select a brand of arsenate of lead be-
cause it contains a high arsenic content,
supposing it to be better, and without
regard to the way the arsenic has en-
tered into combination with the lead.
It is better to use an "Ortho" arsenate
containing 12 per cent of arsenic oxide
than one of another combination with
the lead and having 3 or 4 per cent
more arsenic oxide. The former is not
so apt to give up free arsenic in the
presence of neutral or alkaline solvents
and thus produce injury to the foliage.
It is also advisable, especially when
acid arsenates are used, to combine one
pound of lime to each pound of the
arsenate of lead in the spray tank, in
order to lessen the danger of burning.
This danger is negligible when either
lime-sulphur, atomic sulphur or iron
sulphide is combined with arsenate of
lead to be used against the codling
moth and apple scab, or codling moth
and apple mildew.
For the purpose of comparing the re-
sults of the use of arsenate of lead, sold
both in the paste and powdered form,
an experiment was conducted in the
Boise Valley during the season of 1914
which had for its object a comparison
of results from the practical applica-
Hansen's
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ECAUSE of the special Hansen-
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Gloves, their ccjppe'ct proportions and
comfort mak«^ihem widely popular.
For the special work of the spray-
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The universal soil need is Phosphorous.
The most economical and logical source of Phosphorous is
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Page 38
BETTER FRUIT
April
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tion of different brands of these spray
materials. The trees selected were of
the Rome Beauty and Jonathan varie-
ties, eight years old, and producing
about 15 per cent wormy fruit in 1913.
The plats were selected from the inside
of the orchard block, contained about
two acres each, and of both of the
above varieties. Two standard brands
of powdered arsenate of lead and one
paste arsenate of lead, all obtained on
the local markets, were used in the
test. These were selected because they
represented the sprays accessible on
the local market at that time. Three
sprays were applied during the season,
with a power sprayer maintaining a
pressure of 200 pounds or more, and
hose equipped with extension rods and
nozzles capable of throwing a coarse
driving spray. The work was done by
the owner and myself, and care taken
to apply all three sprays thoroughly,
especial attention being paid to the
first or "calyx" spray. An effort was
made to reach all of the blossoms with
this spray, which was applied May
12th. The second application was
made May 29th and the third July 18th.
The paste was applied at the rate of 2%
pounds to 50 gallons of water and the
powder form applied at the rate 1}4
pounds to 50 gallons of water, or just
one-half as much as the paste, since the
powder is known to have twice the
strength of the paste. The fruit from
three trees of each variety in each plat
was carefully examined at picking time
for evidence of injury from worms and
the results are here tabulated:
SPRAYING EXPERIMENTS
Sherwin-Williams Powdered Rome
Arsenate of Lead Jonathan Beauty
Number of apples examined. 1,644 1,694
Number of apples wormy ... 11 24
Per cent of apples wormy... .67 1.42
Insecticide rating 98.95
General Chemical Co. Paste
Arsenate of Lead
Number of apples examined. 2,621 3,044
Number of apples wormy ... 17 38
Per cent of apples wormy... .65 1.24
Insecticide rating 99.03
"Corona Brand" Powdered
Arsenate of Lead
Number of apples examined. 1,681 3,439
Number of apples wormy ... 9 37
Per cent of apples wormy... .54 1.08
Insecticide rating 99.10
By careful attention to the manner
and time of application of the sprays it
has been possible to reduce the per-
centage of injury from codling moth to
less than 1.5 per cent in 1914 where the
injury was 15 per cent in 1913, and at
the additional cost of but one spray
(the third). Two sprays had been given
this orchard in 1913 by the owner, who
used a heavier strength of arsenate of
lead than here given. The experiment
further shows that there is little differ-
ence in actual results, whether the
paste or powdered form of arsenate of
lead is used, both giving good results,
though the powder has a slight advan-
tage in ease of mixing. The point to
note is that good results depend on the
time and thoroughness of application
rather than spray material used, and
these after all are the most important
factors in both the economy and effi-
ciency of our spray materials.
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Executive Committee, Etc.
Continued from page 7.
came cashier. Later this bank was
converted into the First National
Bank of Wapato, of which Mr. Jones
at the present time is vice-president
and manager.
Mr. Jones has developed an orchard
of forty acres near Wapato, consisting
of peaches, pears and apples, which is
now seven and eight years old.
Mr. Jones is also secretary of the
Yakima Reservation Water Users' Asso-
ciation.
Mr. Jones was a very earnest worker
in the Growers' Council, being a man
of many years' experience in connec-
tion with large selling agencies, in
merchandizing, and many years' expe-
rience in the banking business. Mr.
Jones is a man exceedingly popular in
his own district and has the confidence
of the fruitgrowers of the Yakima
Valley.
* * *
MR. W. H. PAULHAMUS, Puyallup,
Washington, Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee of Three of the Fruit
Growers' Council of 107.
Mr. W. H. Paulhamus was born on
the 4th day of March, 1865, and is 50
years of age. His early days were
spent at Altoona and Sharon, Pennsyl-
vania, and Youngstown, Ohio, at which
places he attended the public schools.
At 18 years of age he left Youngstown,
Ohio, for Aberdeen, South Dakota,
where he entered the banking business,
and later at Sumner, Washington. He
followed the banking business up to
December, 1894.
Mr. Paulhamus has engaged in farm-
ing outside of Puyallup, Washington,
and has been manager of the Puyallup
and Sumner Fruit Growers' Association
since 1902. Commencing with a capital
stock of $2500, Mr. Paulhamus has cre-
ated a capital and surplus of $102,-
503.00. Appreciation of his value to
this association is shown in a very
forcible way by the fact that the asso-
ciation has his life insured for $25,000
in case of death and $75,000 in case of
accident. The importance of this asso-
ciation to the State of Washington is
shown in many ways. Its value as an
industry is shown quite clearly by
comparing its payroll with the car
shops of the Northern Pacific at Ta-
coma. The Northern Pacific car-shop
payroll in the largest month of 1914 is
reported, we are informed, as $68,000;
the payroll of the Puyallup and Sum-
ner Fruit Growers' Association Can-
nery for the largest month in 1914 was
$238,000.
Mr. Paulhamus has built up an im-
mense industry from a very small one.
The volume of the industry is indicated
by the number of employes; during the
berry packing and canning season from
7,000 to 10,000 people are engaged in
this work and received their pay from
the industry that has largely been cre-
ated through the able management of
Mr. Paulhamus.
Mr. Paulhamus is one of the largest
raspberry growers in the Puyallup
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—The Big Favorite with
Northwest Fruit Growers
Thousands of fruit men know that "Iron Age" means the best sprayer on
the market. If you are interested in sprayers this spring, you should write now
for the Special "Iron Age" Catalogs and name of the nearest dealer.
All Sizes
Hand or Power
"Iron Age" is the largest line of
Spraying Machinery made. Hand Spray-
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"Iron Age" Sprayers are equipped
with all attachments for trees and small
fruit. Prices range from $3.50 to $300.00.
Fill out the coupon or send a postal
today for the Special Spraying Catalogs /
and name of your "Iron Age" /
dealer. /
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in the Northwest by
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of Farm Machinery in the Pacific Northwest
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Get in touch with us by wire or letter
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E. E. SAMSON, Manager
NORTH YAKIMA, WASHINGTON
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BETTER FRUIT
April
EVERY
STUMP
HOLDS A
DOLLAR
ie ground
covered by an average ^
stump and its roots will grow
to 50c. worth of food crops per
year. A hundred-stump acre will produce j^r
$50 worth of food per year after clearing.
» Why leave these dollars buried under stumps and . '•
pay taxes on stump land when the whole world offers ™
big prices for American farm products ?
25c
lUPONl
or Repauno ]
Stumping Powder*!
^^Will get them out in cold and wet weather, when you have^^
. plenty of time. Clear land early and crop it this year, ;
This explosive is low freezing
_ snow is on the ground.
lence works wel
It takes less Stumping Powder /
dry. Turn the cold wet days S >
in wet weather than in
of March and April into cash.
P Order Red Cross quickly from any hardware dealer or
\+ DUPONT POWDER CO. $
■>. j*. SEATTLE, WASH. /
1915
D. Crossley & Sons
ESTABLISHED 1878
Apples for New York and Export
CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO AND
FLORIDA FRUITS
Apples handled in all European markets at private sale. Checks
mailed from our New York office same day apples are sold on the
other side. We are not agents; WE ARE SELLERS. We make a
specialty of handling APPLES, PEARS AND PRUNES on the New
York and foreign markets. Correspondence solicited.
200 to 204 Franklin Street, New York
NEW YORK
LIVERPOOL
LONDON
GLASGOW
Valley and in addition conducts a model
dairy at Sumner, Washington.
He is so well known to the fruit-
growers of the Northwest, as he has
addressed practically every horticul-
tural meeting in the State of Washing-
ton and so many conventions that it
hardly seems necessary in a brief
sketch like this to make any further
comment. However, for the benefit of
the few who have not met Mr. Paul-
hamus, it seems proper to say that he
is considered one of the able men in
the State of Washington; a successful
business man for himself and is given
credit for the most phenomenal suc-
cess that has been achieved by any
cannery in the Northwest; that he has
built up to the greatest magnitude the
largest berry-growing district in the
Northwest, which shipped some 300
cars of fresh raspberries annually.
Mr. Paulhamus is not only noted for his
ability, but is a man of power, force
and energy, a man who acts according
to his own convictions without fear or
favor. To him is due in a very large
measure indeed the creation of the
Fruit Growers' Council, in which the
fruitgrowers have the greatest confi-
dence in controlling the marketing
concerns in such a manner as will re-
sult in securing for the growers far
better prices for their fruit in the
future than they have received in the
past.
It was Mr. Paulhamus who originated
the idea of controlling the marketing
organizations, similar to the plan of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
or the Bank Examiner Laws.
Mr. Paulhamus in his able addresses
delivered in the Wenatchee Valley,
Hood River Valley, Yakima Valley and
at the National Apple Show at Spo-
kane, and at the fruitgrowers' conven-
tions in Seattle and Tacoma has won
the confidence of the fruitgrowers of
the Northwest, and it seems to be the
unanimous opinion that the fruitgrow-
ers of the Northwest will unanimously
support the Fruit Growers' Council of
107, the Board of Control of Ten and
the Executive Committee of Three, of
which Mr. Paulhamus is chairman and
manager.
* * *
MR. TRUMAN BUTLER, Hood River,
Oregon, Member of the Executive
Committee of Three of the Fruit
Growers' Council of 107.
Mr. Truman Butler was born in Otta-
wa, Kansas, January 4, 1872, and is
now 43 years of age. With his parents
he moved to The Dalles, Oregon, when
he was ten years old, where he resided
for eighteen years, attending the pub-
lic schools there, followed by a course
of one year in the famous old educa-
tional institution known as the Wasco
Independent Academy at The Dalles.
Later on Mr. Butler attended Lane Uni-
versity at Lecompton, Kansas, which
college was later merged with another
small college in Kansas.
After his course at Lane University,
Mr. Butler took a position with The
Dalles, Portland and Astoria Naviga-
tion Company, remaining with this
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Company for seven years as purser on
the river steamers between Portland
and The Dalles, and also as agent for
the company in Portland.
In 1900 Mr. Butler came to Hood
River, and with his father, Mr. Leslie
Butler, established the first bank in
Hood River, known as the Butler Bank-
ing Company.
Mr. Butler has resided in Hood Biver
for fifteen years, and while not en-
gaged in public life, he has been very
active in the development and pros-
perity of Hood River Valley. With his
father he started the first bank in Hood
River with a small capital, which has
grown to a capital of $100,000 with a
large surplus. He has not limited his
field of work here to the upbuilding of
the bank alone, but has earnestly
worked for the benefit and betterment
of the community in which he resides.
By those who know him well he is
considered a constructive, creative
man of ability with good, sound
judgment, and a man of conservative
methods.
Mr. Butler has assumed a position on
the By-Product Committee of Ten, to
which he has devoted much time and
has already rendered efficient service
which is highly appreciated by the
fruit districts of the Northwest. It is
believed that Mr. Butler will render
able and valuable services to the fruit-
growers in his position as a member of
the Executive Committee.
* * *
MR. A. D. MOE, Hood River, Oregon,
Member of the Board of Control of
the Fruit Growers' Council of 107.
Mr. A. D. Moe was born in Princeton,
Wisconsin, August 31, 1865, and is
therefore 49 years of age. His educa-
tion was received principally in public
schools. Early in life he learned the
printing trade. In 1891 he established
the South St. Paul Beporter, at St. Paul
Union Stock Yards, devoted to the live-
stock industry, which he conducted
with success for some eleven years. In
1902 he moved to Grand Forks, where
he became proprietor and editor of the
Grand Forks Daily Plaindealer, which
he ably and successfully conducted for
two years. In 1904 Mr. Moe came west
and settled in Hood River, purchasing
the Hood River Glacier from Sam
Blythe, which was the first newspaper
established at Hood River. Mr. Moe
has been editor and publisher of the
Glacier ever since. The paper is rec-
ognized as a paper of quality and influ-
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how to can everything. Write for Cata-
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HENNINGER&AYES MFG. CO.
47 First Street
PORTLAND, OREGON
Our New Year's Announcement
A Mogul Orchard Tractor for
$675
We announce for 1915 an all-purpose Orchard tractor with 8-H. P. at the drawbar
and 16 on the belt— Mogul 8-16
An Easily Handled, Short Turning Tractor
THIS new Mogul 8-16 tractor will do the work of
eight horses in the orchard.
Being a four-wheeled, all-purpose tractor, you can use it
every working day.
It will do plowing and seeding as well as orchard cultivating.
It will draw manure spreaders, wagons, mowers or binders.
It will run a corn sheller, feed grinder, small shredder, thresher or
ensilage cutter.
Any farmer can buy this new Mogul 8-16 tractor for $675.00 cash,
f. o. b. Chicago.
The man who can use one of these Mogul tractors pays, at this price,
the least for which a good, reliable, all-purpose 8-16 tractor can be sold.
If you want to use a Mogul small-farm tractor for spring work, your
order should be placed now with the I H C local dealer.
Write us for full information.
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San Francisco, Cal. Spokane, Wash. Salt Lake City, Utah
Arcadia Irrigated Orchards
THE LARGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL ORCHARD PROJECT
IN THE ENTIRE WEST
7,000 acres planted to winter apples. Gravity
irrigation. Located 22 miles north of Spokane,
Washington, directly on the railroad. "We plant
and give four years' care to every orchard tract
sold. $125, first payment, secures 5 acres ; $250,
first payment, secures 10 acres ; balance monthly.
SEND FOR BOOKLET
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Deer Park, Washington
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BETTER FRUIT
April
Save % Fuel Cost
With A
Kerosene Burning
Sandow
Investigate!
Without change of equipment, the
Sandow runs on kerosene — gasoline
— distillate — or alcohol.
On low priced kerosene, the
Sandow delivers more pow-
^ er per h. p. of rating, than
ordinary engines do on
gasoline. With the San-
dow you can save the
price of your enigne in
upkeep economy alone.
Investigate! Get all i the
facts.
Write for Free Sandow
Book, which shows you hy
illustrations from photo-
graphs why the Sandow is
the simplest engine made —
the easiest to run — the
most free from trouble
and repair expense.
Only 3 Moving Parts
Starts at 40 degrees below zero. Starts without cranking-— runs in either di-
rection—throttle governed — hopper and tank cooled — speed controlled while
running — no cams — no valves — no gears — no sprockets — light weight — can easily
be taken anywhere for work — complete ready to run.
THERE'S A SANDOW FOR EVERY FARM
Made in all sizes from iy2 H. P. to 18 H. P. Have a Sandow to meet your
needs — do the work you want done at greatest economy. Sandow will do
your pumping — run your feed grinders — your cream separators — do all the
stationary power work of farm or shop, and save you more money than any
other engine on the market. Sandow is not just an ordinary engine. Special
design for kerosene fuel means more simplicity, greater durability. Send for
Free Book and judge for yourself.
TEN YEAR IRON CLAD GUARANTY
Absolutely protects you — Sandow must make good on every claim. It is
because Sandow is making good every day on thousands of farms that we
can make this iron-clad, binding guaranty. Users everywhere will tell you
how Sandow saves fuel — saves trouble — saves repairs — and oa.11 be de-
pended on for power all 1he time.
FRI'E TRIAL ON YOUR FARM
Book gives our Free trial proposition. Use the Sandow every oay 30
days on your own farm. If you don't say it is the most economical and
most powerful farm engine you ever saw — if it does not satisfy you
every way, send it back and we will refund every cent you paid for it.
SPECIAL LOW PRICE DIRECT TO YOU
Just compare these rock-bottom prives for Sandow Engine, with those
of any other engine manufacturer, and remember Sandow quality Is
unsurpassed. Sandow prices are: l'/2 H. P. Bull Pup Engine,
$33.75; 2'/2 H. P. Sandow, $42.50: 4 H. P. Sandow. $65.00;
6 H. P. Sandow, $95.00: 8 H. P. Sandow, $140.00; 12
H. P. Sandow, $250.00; 18 H. P. Sandow. $385. We
have no agents — no jobbers — no middlemen — no
dealers. You buy of us and keep all the middle
profits and commissions in your pocket. Be^
fore you get any engine, be sure to have
our low figures and see what you can save.
SEND FOR FREE SANDOW BOOK
It is full of plain facts on the farm engine
question — illustrated from cover to cover
with pictures from photographs showing
the simple construction of every part of the
Sandow — contains the letters of users of th
Sandow. Remember it costs you nothing
get the facts — does not place you under any
obligation whatever. Write today. A postal
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°/
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ence. In 1906 Mr. Moe bought thirty
acres of land, which he cleared and set
to orchard, which is now in bearing.
During his residence in Hood River he
was member of the City Council for
two years, secretary of the Commercial
Club for two years and has been a
director of the First National Bank
from 1910 to 1915. Being a successful
business man is sufficient assurance
that Mr. Moe will act with good busi-
ness judgment in the new position
which he has assumed. In addition,
being director of the First National
Bank is further evidence of soundness
of business ideas, his conservativeness
and safeness.
* * *
Notes on the age of the different
members of the Executive Committee
and Board of Control:
Mr. C. E. Chase 29 years of age
Mr. C. T. Haskell 37 " " "
Mr. Truman Butler 43 " " "
Mr. W. M. Sackett 45 " " "
Mr. John A. Westerlund 49 " " "
Mr. A. D. Moe 49 " " "
Mr. W. H. Paulhamus 50 " " "
Mr. E. C. S. Brainard 51 " " "
Mr. A. W. Simmons 59 " " "
Mr. Harry Jones G3 " " "
Mr. Chase is the youngest man on the
board, being 29 years old, and Mr.
Jones is the oldest, being 63 years old.
It is evident that all these men are in
the prime of life and therefore at the
age when they can render the most
efficient service.
Mr. C. W. Meldrum, assistant general
passenger agent of the Great Northern
Railway, Seattle, Washington, has called
our attention in the following para-
graph to our failure to mention the
Glacier National Park in the February
edition : "Permit me to call your at-
tention to an oversight in the paragraph
on front cover and in the editorial as
well — the omission of reference to
Glacier National Park. Nationalized by
Congress as late as the fall of 1910,
Glacier National Park had almost as
many tourists during the season of 1914
as Yellowstone Park. We believe there
is no question as to Glacier National
Park soon becoming the nation's best
known and most frequented tourist at-
traction. It is served only by the Great
Northern Railway, which insures that
travelers from the East to California
stopping off at Glacier Park en route
will traverse the Northwestern States
with resulting benefit to Oregon and
Washington. As you are well aware,
there are two entrances to the Yellow-
stone, of which the southern gateway
for several years past has been the
more popular, and a glance at the map
will show that it is not necessary for
tourists en route to California entering
Yellowstone Park via the southern
gateway to visit the Northwest, but
proceed via direct route through Ogden.
Therefore we regard Glacier National
Park one of the greatest assets of the
Northwest in our efforts to secure our
share of this Exposition travel."
Chas. A. Cherry Nursery, Rockford,
Illinois, has just issued an interesting
catalog for its dependable seeds.
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There is
no Power
Sprayer
to be
compared
with it
THE HARDIE HILLSIDE TRIPLEX
Lower prices for orchard products bring home to every fruit raiser the question of production cost.
The cost of spraying equipment, the value you receive for your money, its results, cost of operation and upkeep, are
receiving closer attention than ever before.
With our sales this year far exceeding our expectations, we are strongly impressed that the Hardie Idea of always and
continually giving the most value and service to it's customers is the cause.
Our interests are mutual. Tou are striving to lower your production cost. We are furnishing you the equipment with
which to do it.
The various sizes and types of power machines in our line enable you to select the power sprayer best suited to your
individual requirements.
Throughout the construction of all we use high grade material and sound, proven design.
The brief description below gives you a slight idea of the completeness and quality we furnish.
ENGINE — Water cooled, four cycle, ample power. Ability
to run on sidehills with equal ease as cn level ground.
Ignition — gear-driven magneto, multiple cell battery or
ordinary dry cells.
TANK AND PLATFORM — Pressed high carbon steel
platform with choice of size of tank. Fully cabbed
with curtains.
EQUIPMENT — Your choice in hose lengths, rods, etc., all
of guaranteed quality.
SERVICE — The best in the Northwest. Large stocks of
machines and parts in all fruit centers. No delays.
PUMP — Triplex, Duplex, Hardie Junior types. Sizes to
suit your requirements. Brass plungers and plunger
tubes. Doing away with all excess friction and not
affected by spraying chemicals, heat or cold. Valves —
Bell metal ball valves with heavy, long-lived seats.
Pressure regulator — The most reliable regulator, giving
you absolute control of the pressure at all times. No
load on pump and engine when nozzles are not in use.
PRICES — The most spray pump value for your money,
and a range of prices within the reach of all.
Over seven thousand fruit growers now own Hardie Power Sprayers. Reduced spraying costs. Increase your produc-
tion. To do this
BUY A HARDIE
For the
small
grower
A two-lead
of hose
machine
Price
$150.00
and
upwards
according to
equipment
THE HARDIE JUNIOR
You need our catalog — Write for it today.
THE HARDIE MFG. CO.
49 North Front Street
PORTLAND, OREGON
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
The World — Our Orchard
Our Market — The World
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The World — Our Orchard
Our Market — The World
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
THE HARDIE HILLSIDE TRIPLEX
Lower prices for orchard products bring home to every fruit raiser the question of production cost.
The cost of spraying equipment, the value you receive for your money, its results, cost of operation and upkeep, are
receiving closer attention than ever before.
With our sales this year far exceeding our expectations, we are strongly impressed that the Hardie Idea of always and
continually giving the most value and service to it's customers is the cause.
Our interests are mutual. You are striving to lower your production cost. We are furnishing you the equipment with
which to do it.
The various sizes and types of power machines in our line enable you to select the power sprayer best suited to your
individual requirements.
Throughout the construction of all we use high grade material and sound, proven design.
The brief description below gives you a slight idea of the completeness and quality we furnish.
ENGINE — -Water cooled, four cycle, ample power. Ability
to run on sidehills with equal ease as on level ground.
Ignition1 — gear-driven magneto, multiple cell battery or
ordinary dry cells.
TANK AND PLATFORM — Pressed high carbon steel
platform with choice of size of tank. Fully cabbed
with curtains.
EQUIPMENT — Tour choice in hose lengths, rods, etc., all
of guaranteed quality.
SERVICE — The best in the Northwest Large stocks of
machines and parts in all fruit centers. No delays.
Over seven thousand fruit growers now own Hardie Power Sprayers. Reduced spraying costs. Increase your produc-
tion. To do this
BUY A HARDIE
Price
$150.00
and
upwards
according to
equipment
THE HARDIE MFG. CO.
49 North Front Street PORTLAND, OREGON
WHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION BETTER FRUIT
PUMP — Triplex, Duplex, Hardie Junior types. Size; o
suit your requirements. Brass plungers and plunt •
tubes. Doing away with all excess friction and no
affected by spraying chemicals, heat or cold. Valves —
Bell metal ball valves with heavy, long-lived seats.
Pressure regulator — The most reliable regulator, giving
you absolute control of the pressure at all times. No
load on pump and engine when nozzles are not in use.
PRICES — The most spray pump value for your money,
and a range of prices within the reach of all.
For the
small
grower
A two-lead
of hose
machine
You need our catalog — Write for it today.
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